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Tropical Bioproductivity (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management)

David S. Hammond

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Description:This book investigates the fundamental role that tropical bioproductivity - or more specifically Net Primary Productivity - has played in shaping the global geographies of food, finance, governance and people.The book examines the basic astronomical and thermal properties of our planet to illustrate the dynamic nature of the tropics and how the region resides at the very heart of global energetics, driving the environmental flows that shape planetary climate and bioproductivity. The author explores how the region's relatively small, but hyper-productive, land area provided the groundswell for the economic, social, political and demographic changes that fuelled empires, European colonialism and nation-building. Also covered are discussions on how the critical intake of capital needed to fuel the industrial and technological revolutions driving modern globalisation was first expropriated from the tropics by harnessing the region's natural productivity and biological crop diversity and then transforming it into tradable commodities using the inhabitants' labour and knowledge. With modern tropical nations accounting for the bulk of people living in poverty and registering some of the highest income disparities, the author presents cross-cutting evidence showing that their histories and the persistence of expropriating institutions have fostered anocratic tendencies, poor governance, unorthodox financial flows and mass migration. Tropical Bioproductivity cuts across vast geographies, topics and histories to deliver a readable narrative that links people, places and events with the environmental mechanics of our planet. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the areas of environmental studies, economics, history, agriculture, anthropology and geography.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tropical Bioproductivity (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management). To get started finding Tropical Bioproductivity (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book investigates the fundamental role that tropical bioproductivity - or more specifically Net Primary Productivity - has played in shaping the global geographies of food, finance, governance and people.The book examines the basic astronomical and thermal properties of our planet to illustrate the dynamic nature of the tropics and how the region resides at the very heart of global energetics, driving the environmental flows that shape planetary climate and bioproductivity. The author explores how the region's relatively small, but hyper-productive, land area provided the groundswell for the economic, social, political and demographic changes that fuelled empires, European colonialism and nation-building. Also covered are discussions on how the critical intake of capital needed to fuel the industrial and technological revolutions driving modern globalisation was first expropriated from the tropics by harnessing the region's natural productivity and biological crop diversity and then transforming it into tradable commodities using the inhabitants' labour and knowledge. With modern tropical nations accounting for the bulk of people living in poverty and registering some of the highest income disparities, the author presents cross-cutting evidence showing that their histories and the persistence of expropriating institutions have fostered anocratic tendencies, poor governance, unorthodox financial flows and mass migration. Tropical Bioproductivity cuts across vast geographies, topics and histories to deliver a readable narrative that links people, places and events with the environmental mechanics of our planet. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the areas of environmental studies, economics, history, agriculture, anthropology and geography.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tropical Bioproductivity (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management). To get started finding Tropical Bioproductivity (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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