Eating, Drinking: Surviving

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Eating, Drinking, and Surviving

   • Peter Jackson, Walter E. L. Spiess, Farhana Sultana

   Pages 1-12Open Access

3. Globalization and Malnutrition: Geographical Perspectives on Its Paradoxes

   • Elizabeth Young

   Pages 13-22Open Access

4. Drinking Water

   • Trevor Birkenholtz

   Pages 23-30Open Access

5. The Politics and Consequences of Virtual Water Export

   • Jeroen Vos, Rutgerd Boelens

   Pages 31-41Open Access

6. Integrated Water Resources Management as a New Approach to Water Security

   • Olivier Graefe

   Pages 43-49Open Access

7. Surviving as an Unequal Community: WASH for Those on the Margins

   • Kathleen O’Reilly

   Pages 51-56Open Access

8. Challenges to Food Security in a Changing World

   • Walter E. L. Spiess

   Pages 57-73Open Access

9. Moral Economies of Food in the Socialist/Post-socialist World

   • Marisa Wilson

   Pages 75-81Open Access

10. The Nutrition Transition in Developing Asia: Dietary Change, Drivers and Health Impacts

    • Matthew Kelly

    Pages 83-90Open Access

11. Food Sovereignty and the Possibilities for an Equitable, Just and Sustainable Food System

    • Ann E. Bartos

    Pages 91-98Open Access

12. Food Security and Food Waste

    • Jonathan Cloke

    Pages 99-105Open Access

This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival. Written by international experts, each contribution is research-based but accessible to the general public.

• Food Security
• Global transport
• Water politics
• Social inequality
• Environmental sustainability
• water policy

“Its main goal is to address some crucial issues of food and water security and the influence of global food systems on the livelihoods of people from all over the world. … One of the major strengths of the book is its interdisciplinary character and practical approach that makes it useful for both scientists and policymakers. … I find the volume highly enlightening for building on previous research on food and water security … .” (Ada Górna, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 66 (1), 2017)

• Department of Geography, University of Sheffield Department of Geography, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  Peter Jackson

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Karlsruhe, Germany

  Walter E.L. Spiess

• Department of Geography, Syracuse University Department of Geography, Syracuse, USA

  Farhana Sultana