Research Catalog

Title

Globalization and the rural environment / edited by Otto T. Solbrig, Robert Paarlberg and Francesco Di Castri.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Solbrig, Otto Thomas.
• Paarlberg, Robert L.
• Di Castri, Francesco.

Description

xv, 535 pages : charts; 23 cm.

Series Statement

David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies ; 6

Uniform Title

David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University ; 6.

Subjects

• Globalization
• Rural development > Environmental aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Prologue: A Europe Without Peasants / Guy Sorman -- Sect. I. Introduction. 1. The Impact of Globalization and the Information Society on the Rural Space: Conceptual Analysis and Some Policy Suggestions / Otto T. Solbrig. 2. Cycles of Globalization, Economic, Growth, and Human Walfare in Latin America / John H. Coatsworth. 3. Are Famine and Malnutrition Questions of Supply or Demand? Implications for Environmental Rural Sustainability / Rocio Fernandez Ales and Otto T. Solbrig -- Sect. II. Impacts of Agronomic Technologies on Rural Environments -- Introduction / Otto T. Solbrig. 4. Production Systems in the Argentine Pampas and their Ecological Impact / Emilio H. Satorre. 5. The Impact of Global Changes on the Rural Environment in Ecoregions of the Southern Cone of South America / Ernesto T. Viglizzo. 6. Ecological Impacts of Modern Agriculture in the United States and Latin America / Miguel A. Altieri and Clara Ines Nicholls --
• 7. Sustainable Agriculture in the Lowlands Subtropics and Neotropics? Trends and Bioeconomic Opportunities and Constraints / Raul R. Vera. 8. Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Agriculture on the Environment / Pierre Crosson. 9. Direct Seed Cropping in Argentina: Economic, Agronomic, and Sustainability Benefits / Roberto A. Peiretti. 10. The Environmentally Positive Aspects of the Agrochemical Industry in Argentina / Carlos Salvador. 11. The Impact of Biotechnology in South America / Rolando Meninato -- 12. Technology, Gene Research, and National Competitiveness / Juan Enriquez -- Sect. III. Policies, Markets, and Diverse Effects on the Rural Environment -- Introduction / Robert Paarlberg. 13. Environmental Impacts of Modern Agriculture: The Role of Policy and Trade Liberalization / Sandra S. Batie. 14. The Impact of Environmental Policies, Consumer Behavior and Information Technology on Agricultural Trade, with Special Reference to Europe / Jan C. Blom.
• 15. The Impact of Modern Agricultural Technologies: Economics' Usefulness in the Debate About Future Directions for Agriculture / Otto Doering. 16. Environmental Impacts of Globalization through Trade Liberalization in Agriculture: Analyzing the Empirical Evidence from Latin America / Eugenio Figueroa B. 17. Globalization and Agriculture: Some Facts, Interpretations, and Policy Issues / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla. 18. Different EU and US Perspectives on Biotechnology and their Implications for Trade Relations / Wyn Grant -- Sect. IV. Urban-Rural Interactions -- Introduction / Francesco di Castri. 19. Forging New Connections between Agriculture and the City ... / Max J. Pfeffer, J. Mayone Stycos and Laland Glenna / [et al.]. 20. Urban Sprawl and Landscape Perturbation in High Quality Farmland Ecosystems: The Case of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region / Jorge Morello, Silvia D. Matteucci and Gustavo Buzai. 21. Rural Values and the European View of Agriculture / Francesco di Castri --
• Sect. V. Summary and Policy Implications. 22. Where to Turn for Remedies? / Robert Paarlberg.

ISBN

0674005317

OCLC

• ocm46695435
• SCSB-4151054

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries