Food & Famine

By Michael Witherick
April 2010
Hodder Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780340991824
107 pages, Illustrated
$33.50 Paper Original

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Contemporary Case Studies feature up-to-date case studies on key topics in AS and A2 Geography.

Written by highly experienced authors, examiners and teachers, each title opens with an introductory framework that identifies the relevant key concepts and then follows with a series of short cases that include succinct analysis of the issues raised. In the Using case studies boxes, specific questions are posed and examiner guidance is provided on how the material can be used to tackle them; exercises based on one or more of the case studies are also included.

The concluding section provides more detailed advice on making the most of the case studies in the examination.

• Will help students master more complex geographical topics
  

• Shows students how to make best use of up-to-date analysis and data 
  

• Will improve coursework and exam preparation through specially-tailored exercises
   

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Global patterns of food production and consumption
Part 2: Global patterns of food security and insecurity
Part 3: Famine and life on the margins
Part 4: Power players in the global food chain
Part 5: The environmental impacts of food production
Part 6: Strategies to raise food production and security in the developing world
Part 7: Issues relating to food security and sustainability
Part 8: Examination advice

 

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