Rewiring food systems to enhance human health and biosphere stewardship

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Gordon, Line J ^a   Bignet, Victoria ^a   Crona, Beatrice ^a,b   Henriksson, Patrik J G ^a,c   Van Holt, Tracy ^a,b,d   Jonell, Malin ^a   Lindahl, Therese ^a,b   Troell, Max ^a,b   Barthel, Stephan ^a,e   Deutsch, Lisa ^a   Folke, Carl ^a,b   Haider, L Jamila ^a   Rockström, Johan ^a   Queiroz, Cibele ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; food environment; great acceleration; nutrition; social ecological; sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; NUTRITION;

ANTHROPOCENE; ANTIMICROBIAL USE; FOOD SYSTEM; HUMAN HEALTH; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESOURCE USE; SAFETY OF FOOD; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOCENE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOSPHERE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; NUTRITION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85033700541     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa81dc     Document Type: Review

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