Molly Brown

Gebundenes Buch

Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability

Beschreibung

Using a decade of primary research, this book examines how weather and climate, as measured by variations in the growing season using satellite remote sensing, has affected agricultural production, food prices and access to food in food-insecure regions of the world.

Autor

Molly E. Brown is a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center based in Maryland, USA. She has a BS in biology, and an MA and PhD in Geography. Her research interests include understanding the effect of environmental variability on food prices and market functioning, and the use of satellite remote sensing for decision-making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415663113
• ISBN-10: 0415663113
• Artikelnr.: 39595072