Famine
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Bibliographic Information
Famine
(Biosocial Society series / series editor, G.A. Harrison, 1)(Oxford science publications)
Oxford University Press, 1988
- : pbk
Available at 26 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Contents of Works
- Famine : social security and an analysis of vulnerability / Frances d'Souza
- The nutritional biology of famine / J.P.W. Rivers
- The economics of famine / Meghnad Desai
- The ecology of famine / P.J. Stewart
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In a world where rich countries often have food in excess, the ocurrence of famine seems paradoxical and yet they still occur regularly. This volume brings together contributions from experts in the field of disaster relief, economics, ecology and human nutrition, and aims to provide an understanding of the nature and causes of famine, and how it can be predicted. The issues considered are both practical and theoretical, reflecting the experience of the contributors. Various questions are raised: are famines caused by natural calamities of the failure of the socio-economic system? How does famine differ from chronic malnutrition? What are the nutritional diseases associated with famine? The book suggests that solutions to the problem can be found, but this depends upon a willingness to cross the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines.
Table of Contents
- Famine - social security and an analysis of vulnerability
- the nutritional biology of famine
- the economics of famine
- the ecology of famine.
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