Landscape change and agroecology as an alternative to the contemporary environmental crisis

Libia Esperanza Nieto Gómez, ; Reinaldo Giraldo Díaz, ; Jorge Luis Vallejo,

Synopsis

This book shows research results that have been maturing within the group, perspectives that have been tested, that have been presented to the academic community and society through research articles in scientific journals, which have received feedback from readers, researchers and academics in Colombia and the world. This publication responds to concerns raised in the research, emphasizes some concepts, broadens horizons of analysis, theoretical references, bibliographic sources and brings together in a single publication that circulates in print and online version, through the Open Journal System (OJS) implemented by the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia in 2015. Likewise, the book shows more recent studies developed by the Research Group.

Keywords: agroecology, landscape change, environmental crisis, sustainable agriculture, monoculture, rural development, Valle del Cauca

Chapters

  • An Ethical Solution to the Contemporary Environmental Crisis
  • The Landscape of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 1950–1975
  • The Destructive Impact of Commercial Agriculture on the Landscape of the Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 1950–1975
  • Landscape Transformation and Agroecology in the Valle del Cauca, 1850–2010
  • The 2008 sugarcane cutters' strike in the sugarcane industry

ISBN-13 (15)

978-958-651-582-5

Fecha de publicación (01):

2015-06-09
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How to Cite

Nieto Gómez, L. E., Giraldo Díaz, R., & Vallejo, J. L. (2015). Landscape change and agroecology as an alternative to the contemporary environmental crisis. Sello Editorial UNAD. https://doi.org/10.22490/9789586515825

Categories Research Book

Published

June 9, 2015