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Just four crops - maize, potatoes, rice and wheat - provide more than 90 per cent of the world's food. This book describes a study conducted in Syria of how communities are developing markets for local products derived from neglected and underutilized plants. It also highlights the importance of local cultural knowledge.

Presents a historical overview of Jevons' Paradox, provides evidence for its existence and applies it to complex systems. This title explains myth of efficiency and explores its implications for resource usage. It is intended for policy makers, natural resource managers, academics and students concerned with effects of efficiency on resource use.

Presents the examination of EPI at the national policy level, focusing on the key sectors of energy and agriculture within Sweden, a country that is widely recognized as a front runner in environmental management. This book deconstructs EPI, and examines how environmental priorities are treated in relation to other political priorities.

'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This book provides a historical overview of the Jevons Paradox.

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.