Food production in cities has long been a tradition in many countries around the world and a
mainstream activity for many developed countries. While urban agriculture plays an …

This review outlines several key aspects of the new rural-urban interface and the growing
interpenetration of American rural and urban life. The historical coincidence of spatial and …

Crop and livestock production have become spatially decoupled in existing commercial
agricultural regimes throughout the world. These segregated high input production systems …

Climate change presents the need and opportunity for what the Stern report called 'major,
non-marginal change'. Such transformational adaptation is rapidly emerging as a serious …

Background Agroforestry bridges the gap that often separates agriculture and forestry by
building integrated systems that address both environmental and socio-economic …

This research highlights the mismatch between food security and climate adaptation
literature and practice in the Global North and South by focusing on nested case studies in …

Climate change is altering the productivity of natural resources with far-reaching implications
for those who depend on them. Resource-dependent industries and communities need the …

Poverty is not simply the result of an individual's characteristics, behaviors or abilities.
Rather, as David Brady demonstrates, poverty is the result of politics. In Rich Democracies …

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology. From studies of
agricultural crime in Australia, to violence against women in Appalachia America, to …

We review five perspectives on human vulnerability to environmental change—biophysical,
human ecological, political economy, constructivist and political ecology—and assess their …