Ester Boserups Legacy on Sustainability: Orientations for Contemporary Research

Description: Ester Boserups Legacy on Sustainability by Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Anette Reenberg, Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Back Cover 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. The contents are organized in three sections reflecting important focal points of Boserups own work: Long-Term Socio-Ecological Chan≥ Agriculture, Land Use, and Development; and Gender, Population, and Economy. The first three chapters offer a comprehensive review of her political and scientific work. Section Two focuses on the applicability of Boserups reflections on land use, technology, and agriculture, incorporating case studies which illuminate and test Boserups hypotheses on land use intensification and soil degradation, the impact of population growth on land use, the agricultural transition, and the role of women in development. The case studies examine both long historical time series and present-day dynamics, and explore different levels of geographical scale, from the local to the regional and the global. Section Three emphasizes the key role of women and gender relations for agriculture and development. Together, the 15 chapters in this volume show how the main strands of Boserups theories are reflected in contemporary research. In sum, the diversity of the contributions to this book reflects the continuing impact of Ester Boserups work on scientific research today, and its likely influence on research for years to come. Table of Contents PART I: Ester Boserups Intellectual Heritage.- 1. Ester Boserup: An Interdisciplinary Visionary Relevant for Sustainability.- 2. "Finding Out Is My Life": Conversations with Ester Boserup in the 1990s.- 3. Boserups Theory on Technological Change as a Point of Departure for the Theory of Sociometabolic Regime Transition.- PART II Land Use, Technology and Agriculture.- 4. The Dwindling Role of Population Pressure in Land Use Change – a Case from the South West Pacific.- 5. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Mapping and Quantifying Land-Use Intensity.- 6. Malthusian Assumptions, Boserupian Response in Transition to Agriculture Models.- 7. 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 Development.- PART III: Population and Gender.- 9. Following Boserups Traces: From Invisibility to Informalisation of Womens Economy to Engendering Development in Translocal Spaces.- 10. Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production, Modernisation, and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas.- 11. Revisiting Boserups Hypotheses in the Context of Africa.- 12. An Interpretation of Large-Scale Land Deals Using Boserups Theories of Agricultural Intensification, Gender and Rural Development.- 13. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Asset Shifts in Southeastern Mexico: Two Stories of Farming Wives and Daughters.- 14. Working Time of Farm Women and Small-Scale Sustainable Farming in Austria.- 15. A Human Ecological Approach to Ester Boserup: Steps Towards Engendering Agriculture and Rural Development.- 16. Conclusions: Re-Evaluating Boserup in the Light of the Contributions to this Volume. Feature The first comprehensive scientific publication on the life and work of Ester Boserup one of the pioneers of sustainability research Includes contributions from experts in a wide range of disciplines: agricultural sciences, biology, geography, history, ecology, landscape planning, physics, sociology, environmental sciences and economics Presents a cross-section of contemporary sustainability research, with a special focus on the role of society-nature interrelations, agriculture and gender Details ISBN9401786771 Publisher Springer Year 2014 ISBN-10 9401786771 ISBN-13 9789401786775 Format Hardcover Imprint Springer Subtitle Orientations for Contemporary Research Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Edited by Andreas Mayer DEWEY 304.2 Short Title ESTER BOSERUP S LEGACY ON SUST Edition Description 2014 Language English Media Book Series Number 4 Pages 267 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8678-2 Publication Date 2014-09-02 UK Release Date 2014-09-02 Author Andreas Mayer Series Human-Environment Interactions Alternative 9789401786805 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 22 Illustrations, color; 22 Illustrations, black and white; XXV, 267 p. 44 illus., 22 illus. in color. 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