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Books from same Author: Marina Fischer-kowalski Anette Reenberg Anke Schaffartzik

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    Author(s)Marina Fischer-kowalski Anette Reenberg Anke Schaffartzik
    PublisherSpringer
    ISBN9789401786775
    Pages267
    BindingHardback
    LanguageEnglish
    Publish YearSeptember 2014

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    Springer Ester BoserupS Legacy On Sustainability Orientations For Contemporary Research 2014 Edition by Marina Fischer-kowalski Anette Reenberg Anke Schaffartzik

    Arising from a scientific conference marking the 100th anniversary of her birth this book honors the life and work of the social scientist and diplomat Ester Boserup who blazed new trails in her interdisciplinary approach to development and sustainability. Table of contents : PART I: Ester Boserup's Intellectual Heritage1. Ester Boserup: An Interdisciplinary Visionary Relevant for Sustainability2. "Finding Out Is My Life": Conversations with Ester Boserup in the 1990s3. Boserup's Theory on Technological Change as a Point of Departure for the Theory of Sociometabolic Regime TransitionPART II Land Use Technology and Agriculture4. The Dwindling Role of Population Pressure in Land Use Change - a Case from the South West Pacific5. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Mapping and Quantifying Land-Use Intensity6. Malthusian Assumptions Boserupian Response in Transition to Agriculture Models7. Reconciling Boserup with Malthus: Agrarian Change and Soil Degradation in Olive Orchards in Spain (1750-2000) 8. Beyond Boserup: The Role of Working Time in Agricultural DevelopmentPART III: Population and Gender9. Following Boserup's Traces: From Invisibility to Informalisation of Women's Economy to Engendering Development in Translocal Spaces10. Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production Modernisation and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas11. Revisiting Boserup's Hypotheses in the Context of Africa12. An Interpretation of Large-Scale Land Deals Using Boserup's Theories of Agricultural Intensification Gender and Rural Development13. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Asset Shifts in Southeastern Mexico: Two Stories of Farming Wives and Daughters14. Working Time of Farm Women and Small-Scale Sustainable Farming in Austria15. A Human Ecological Approach to Ester Boserup: Steps Towards Engendering Agriculture and Rural Development16. Conclusions: Re-Evaluating Boserup in the Light of the Contributions to this Volume