Energetic assessment of the agricultural production system. A review
Energy holds a key role in farm systems. Cultivation is based on the conversion of solar
energy into biomass of interest. Fossil energy allows mechanized and high-yield agricultural …
energy into biomass of interest. Fossil energy allows mechanized and high-yield agricultural …
[HTML][HTML] Sociometabolic research in Latin America: A review on advances and knowledge gaps in agroecological trends and rural perspectives
Current agricultural systems have reached a critical transition point in their biophysical
performance, social and environmental impacts, and energy patterns. The theoretical …
performance, social and environmental impacts, and energy patterns. The theoretical …
New geographical directions for food systems governance research
C Yap - Progress in Human Geography, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Food systems governance has emerged as a distinct focus of geographical research.
Researchers and policymakers are increasingly engaging with food systems as complex …
Researchers and policymakers are increasingly engaging with food systems as complex …
[HTML][HTML] Assessing social-ecological connectivity of agricultural landscapes in Spain: Resilience implications amid agricultural intensification trends and urbanization
KS Zimmerer, YJ Olivencia, LP Rodríguez… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Accelerated intensification/disintensification and urbanization are changing
agricultural systems and propel the need for spatial approaches to understand sustainability …
agricultural systems and propel the need for spatial approaches to understand sustainability …
Modelling land use planning: Socioecological integrated analysis of metropolitan green infrastructures
Land use planning of global metropolis is essential to meet the socioecological challenges
of the next decades. This paper aims to contribute to sustainable land use policies by …
of the next decades. This paper aims to contribute to sustainable land use policies by …
Modelling the scaling up of sustainable farming into Agroecology Territories: Potentials and bottlenecks at the landscape level in a Mediterranean case study
There is a need for a socioecological transition towards sustainable agri-food systems that
recover the organic functioning and the closure of socio-metabolic cycles at the lower …
recover the organic functioning and the closure of socio-metabolic cycles at the lower …
Assessing the energy trap of industrial agriculture in North America and Europe: 82 balances from 1830 to 2012
Early energy analyses of agriculture revealed that behind higher labor and land productivity
of industrial farming, there was a decrease in energy returns on energy (EROI) invested, in …
of industrial farming, there was a decrease in energy returns on energy (EROI) invested, in …
Assessing the sustainability of contrasting land use scenarios through the Socioecological Integrated Analysis (SIA) of the metropolitan green infrastructure in …
Urban development and the sprawl of transport infrastructures have disregarded the crucial
function of metropolitan landscape in provisioning human well-being and biodiversity. This …
function of metropolitan landscape in provisioning human well-being and biodiversity. This …
From vineyards to feedlots: a fund-flow scanning of sociometabolic transition in the Vallès County (Catalonia) 1860–1956–1999
We analyse the changes to agricultural metabolism in four municipalities of Vallès County
(Catalonia, Iberia) by accounting for their agroecosystem funds and flows during the …
(Catalonia, Iberia) by accounting for their agroecosystem funds and flows during the …
Landscape agroecology. The dysfunctionalities of industrial agriculture and the loss of the circular bioeconomy in the Barcelona region, 1956–2009
The paper analyses how between 1956 and 2009 the agrarian metabolism of the Barcelona
Metropolitan Region (BMR) has become less functional, losing circularity in biomass flows …
Metropolitan Region (BMR) has become less functional, losing circularity in biomass flows …