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8 - Vulnerability to Food Insecurity

Tradeoffs and Their Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2017

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The Give and Take of Sustainability
Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives on Tradeoffs
, pp. 172 - 197
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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