The Geography of FamineV. H. Winston, 1980 - 209 pages Describes famine from a historical and spatial perspective and suggests that natural factors cause crop failures, but humans cause famines, famines are man-made. Case studies of famines in England, India, and Russia are included, as well as discussion of changing food procurement and production methods and the effects of technology and population growth on relative food supply. |
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Chapter 4 | 57 |
Chapter 5 | 69 |
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Africa American areas Asia barley body Bombay British calories capita carbohydrates carrying capacity causes century cereals China climatic consumed consumption crop failure cultivation cultural groups death deficiency Developed market economies developing countries developing nations diet disease domesticated drought earth East Eastern economic energy England environment exports factors Famine Region famine relief Famines in India farm feed food animals food crops food plants food problems food shortages food sources food supplies geographical grain growth rates Guberniya hectare human important increased India internal Ireland Irish famine Kwashiorkor land list of famine lives malnutrition meat millennium B.C. million needs Novgorod nutrients Nutrition percent period photosynthesis physical plants and animals political population growth protein recorded rice rural Russian famines Scotland seed sheep social society soil Soviet staple starvation subsistence survival temperature transportation undernutrition urban vegetables vitamin Western Europe wheat world food production world population York zone