Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Timeline for Agricultural Development in the Yaqui Valley, 1890-2004 -- Acronyms -- Preface -- Part I: The Birthplace of the Green Revolution -- Chapter 1: Why the Yaqui Valley? An Introduction, by Pamela Matson and Walter Falcon -- Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Yaqui Valley, by Ashley Dean -- Part II: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability -- Chapter 3: Looking for Win-Wins in Intensive Agriculture, by Pamela Matson, Rosamond Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio -- Chapter 4: Ecosystems and Land-use Change in the Yaqui Valley: Does Agricultural Intensification "Spare Land for Nature"?, by Pamela Matson and Peter Jewett -- Chapter 5: Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Change and Effectiveness, by Ellen McCullough and Pamela Matson -- Chapter 6: Exploring Vulnerability in the Yaqui Valley Human-Environment System, by Pamela Matson, Amy Lures, and Ellen McCullough -- Chapter 7: From Wheat to Waves and Back Again: Connections between the Yaqui Valley and the Gulf of California, by Michael Beman and Amy Luers -- Part III: Elements of the Yaqui Valley System -- Chapter 8: The Yaqui Valley's Agricultural Transition to a More Open Economy, by Rosamond Naylor and Walter Falcon -- Chapter 9: Agricultural Research and Management at the Field Scale, by Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio and David Lobell -- Chapter 10: Nitrogen in the Yaqui Valley: Sources, Transfers, and Consequences, by Toby Ahrens, John Harrison, Michael Beman, Peter Jewett, and Pamela Matson -- Chapter 11: Water Resources Management in the Yaqui Valley, by Gerrit Schoups, Lee Addams, David S. Battisti, Ellen McCullough, and Jose Luis Minjares -- Part IV: Conclusions -- Chapter 12: Lessons Learned, by Pamela Matson, Rosamond Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio -- References -- Contributors -- Index.