Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 3 Social Horticulture /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dixon, Geoffrey R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Aldous, David E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Environment.; Social sciences.; Life Sciences.; Food Science.; Environment, general.; Business/Management Science, general.; Social Sciences, general.; Humanities, general.

Volume three of Horticulture – Plants for People and Places analyses in depth the scientific and scholastic concepts interacting with the arts, medicine and humanities which now underpin the rapidly evolving subject of Social Horticulture. This covers: Horticulture and Society, Diet and Health,  Psy...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 27. Horticulture and Society
• 28. Fruit and Vegetables and Health: An overview
• 29. Health and Well-Being
• 30. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Gardening: Its development, controversies and psychological benefits
• 31. Horticultural Science’s Role in Meeting the Need of Urban Populations
• 32. Education and Training Futures in Horticulture and Horticultural Science
• 33. Extension Approaches for Horticultural Innovation
• 34. Increasing the Economic Role for Smallholder Farmers in the World Market for Horticultural Food
• 35. International Plant Trade and Biosecurity
• 36. Art in Horticulture, Horticulture and Art
• 37. Scholarship and Literature in Horticulture
• 38. A Short History of Scholarship in Horticulture and
• 39. Gardening and Horticulture
• Index.