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Gliessman, S.R. (ed.) 2001. Agroecosystem Sustainability:
Towards Practical Strategies . Advances in Agroecology
series. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. An exploration of
the ecological foundation of agroecosystem sustain-
ability, with case studies that provide practical ways to
increase, improve, and assess the integration of the
social and ecological parameters needed in sustainability
analysis.
Magdoff, F. and J. van Es. 2000. Building Soils for Better Crops.
Sustainable Agriculture Networks: Beltsville, MD. A
practical guide to building and maintaining healthy soils
that combines the scientific understanding of soil quality
with the practitioner's goal of keeping a soil healthy.
Marten, G.G. 1986. Traditional Agriculture in Southeast Asia:
A Human Ecology Perspective. Westview Press: Boul-
der, Colorado. A cultural ecology approach is used to
examine the value of traditional agriculture and the
needs of such systems in the future.
Mason, J. 2003. Sustainable Agriculture. Second Edition.
Landlinks Press: Collington, Australia. A volume
addressing some of the critical issues facing sustainable
agriculture today, from an Australian perspective.
Munasinghe, M. and W. Shearer (eds.) 1995. Defining and Mea-
suring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations .
The World Bank: Washington, D.C. A very useful com-
pilation of conference proceedings that explores the bio-
geophysical foundations for defining and measuring
sustainability; provides policy considerations for the
international development community.
Pound, B., S. Snapp, S. McDougall, and Braun, A. (eds.) 2003.
Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Liveli-
hoods: Uniting Science and Participation. Earthscan:
London. A volume demonstrating the need participatory
research approaches for natural resources management,
which are based on the needs and knowledge of local
people.
Schjonning, P., S. Elmholt, and B.T. Christensen, (eds.). 2004.
Managing Soil Quality: Challenges in Modern Agri-
culture . CABI Publishing: Cambridge MA. A topic that
discusses key issues in soil quality and management in
our search for more sustainable modern agricultural
systems.
Uphoff, N. (ed.) 2001. Agroecological Innovations: Increasing
Food Production With Participatory Development .
Earthscan: London. A presentation of twelve case stud-
ies that demonstrate agroecology's potential to produce
food in a socially and environmentally viable way.

RECOMMENDED READING

Edwards, C.A., R. Lal, P. Madden, R.H. Miller, and G. House,
1990. Sustainable Agricultural Systems. Soil and Water
Conservation Society: Ankeny, Ioma. A diverse review
of research from around the world on agroecosystems
in the context of sustainability.
Filson, G.C. (ed.) 2004. Intensive Agriculture and Sustainability:
A Farming Systems Analysis. University of British
Columbia Press: Vancouver, Canada. A farming systems
analysis for the issues associated with sustainable agri-
culture, including interactions between social, eco-
nomic, and ecological indicators of sustainability.
Flora, C., (ed.) 2001. Interactions Between Agroecosystems and
Rural Communities. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL,
U.S.A. A topic addressing the relationship between sus-
tainable agriculture and the human communities that
depend on it, with temperate and tropical examples.
Francis, C.A., C. Butler-Flora, and L.D. King. (eds.) 1990. Sus-
tainable Agriculture in Temperate Zones . Wiley & Sons:
New York. An in-depth examination of approaches to
sustainability in temperate agricultural systems.
Giampietro, M. 2004. Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of
Agroecosystems . CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. A
challenging look at the need for a holistic approach to
the study of agroecosystem sustainability, employing
multicriteria analysis and systems theory.