TY - CHAP
T1 - Famine, hunger, society and climate change
AU - BUTLER, Colin
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This chapter describes the association between famine, population growth and the Cold War and the apparent conquest of famine by the green revolution. Vegetarianism as a potential solution to world hunger, the inequality in food distribution, and food wastes are discussed. The ecological and social causes of famine, the influence of climate change on rising food prices, modelling of climate change and famine, and the effects of climate change on fisheries are described. Possible solutions are discussed.
AB - This chapter describes the association between famine, population growth and the Cold War and the apparent conquest of famine by the green revolution. Vegetarianism as a potential solution to world hunger, the inequality in food distribution, and food wastes are discussed. The ecological and social causes of famine, the influence of climate change on rising food prices, modelling of climate change and famine, and the effects of climate change on fisheries are described. Possible solutions are discussed.
KW - public health
KW - agriculture
KW - climate change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927800477&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/famine-hunger-society-climate-change
U2 - 10.1079/9781780642659.0124
DO - 10.1079/9781780642659.0124
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781780642659
T3 - Climate Change and Global Health
SP - 124
EP - 134
BT - Climate Change and Global Health
A2 - Butler, C.D
PB - CABI
CY - Wallingford, UK
ER -
