Rethinking the food security debate in Asia: Some missing ecological and health dimensions and solutions

Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 657-670

  Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c   McKay, John ^d,e   Chang, Ya Chen ^a   Chiu, Ya Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Australian APEC Study Centre   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eco health; Ecosystems; Food prices; Non traditional security; Population health; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL TRADE; GREEN REVOLUTION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 84870394839     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-012-0211-2     Document Type: Article

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