Human ecology basic concepts for sustainable development
The scope and clarity of this book make it accessible and informative to a wide readership. Its messages should be an essential component of the education for all students from secondary school to university... [It] provides a clear and comprehensible account of concepts that can be applied in our individual and collective lives to pursue the promising and secure future to which we all aspire' -From the Foreword by Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Earth Council and former Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) The most important questions of the future will turn on the relationship between human societies and the natural ecosystems on which we all, in the end, depend. The interactions and interdependencies of the social and natural worlds are the focus of growing attention from a wide range of environmental, social and life sciences. Understanding them is critical to achieving the balance involved in sustainable development. Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development presents an extremely clear and accessible account of this complex range of issues and of the concepts and tools required to understand and tackle them. Extensively supported by graphics and detailed examples, this book makes an excellent introduction for students at all levels, and for general readers wanting to know why and how to respond to the dilemmas we face.
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The scope and clarity of this book make it accessible and informative to a wide readership. Its messages should be an essential component of the education for all students from secondary school to university... [It] provides a clear and comprehensible account of concepts that can be applied in our individual and collective lives to pursue the promising and secure future to which we all aspire' -From the Foreword by Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Earth Council and former Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) The most important questions of the future will turn on the relationship between human societies and the natural ecosystems on which we all, in the end, depend. The interactions and interdependencies of the social and natural worlds are the focus of growing attention from a wide range of environmental, social and life sciences. Understanding them is critical to achieving the balance involved in sustainable development. Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development presents an extremely clear and accessible account of this complex range of issues and of the concepts and tools required to understand and tackle them. Extensively supported by graphics and detailed examples, this book makes an excellent introduction for students at all levels, and for general readers wanting to know why and how to respond to the dilemmas we face. |
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KOHA-OAI-ECOSUR:253372023-10-20T11:26:57ZHuman ecology basic concepts for sustainable development Marten, Gerald G. 1939- autor/a textLondon, England Earthscan Publications Ltdc2001engThe scope and clarity of this book make it accessible and informative to a wide readership. Its messages should be an essential component of the education for all students from secondary school to university... [It] provides a clear and comprehensible account of concepts that can be applied in our individual and collective lives to pursue the promising and secure future to which we all aspire' -From the Foreword by Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Earth Council and former Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) The most important questions of the future will turn on the relationship between human societies and the natural ecosystems on which we all, in the end, depend. The interactions and interdependencies of the social and natural worlds are the focus of growing attention from a wide range of environmental, social and life sciences. Understanding them is critical to achieving the balance involved in sustainable development. Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development presents an extremely clear and accessible account of this complex range of issues and of the concepts and tools required to understand and tackle them. Extensively supported by graphics and detailed examples, this book makes an excellent introduction for students at all levels, and for general readers wanting to know why and how to respond to the dilemmas we face.Incluye bibliografía: páginas 224-228 e índice: páginas 229-238Glosario: páginas 215-223List of figures and boxes.. Foreword by Maurice Strong.. Preface.. Acknowledgments.. 1. Introduction.. What is human ecology?.. Sustainable development.. Organization of this book.. 2. Populations and feedback systems.. Exponential population growth.. Positive feedback.. Negative feedback.. Population regulation.. The practical significance of positive and negative feedback.. 3. Human population.. Human population history.. Social mechanisms of population regulation.. The population explosion and quality of life.. 4. Ecosystems and social systems as complex adaptive systems.. Hierarchical organization and emergent properties.. Self-organization.. Stability domains.. Complex system cycles.. 5. Ecosystem organization.. Coadaptation.. Ecosystem design.. Ecosystem homeostasis.. Comparison of natural, agricultural and urban ecosystems.. Landscape mosaics.. 6. Ecological succession.. Ecological succession.. Human-induced succession.. Managing succession.. 7. Coevolution and coadaptation of human social systems and ecosystems.. Coadaptation in traditional social systems.. Coevolution of the social system and ecosystem from traditional to modern agriculture.. 8. Ecosystem services.. Material cycling and energy flow.. Ecosystem services.. The relation between ecosystem services and intensity of use.. The fallacy that economic supply and demand protect natural resources from overexploitation.. 9. Perceptions of nature.. Common perceptions of nature.. Attitudes of religions toward nature.. Notes of caution about romanticizing nature and traditional social systems.. 10. Unsustainable human - ecosystem interaction.. Human migrations.. New technologies.. Portable capital in a free market economy.. Tragedy of the commons.. Large inputs to agricultural and urban ecosystems.. Urbanization and alienation from nature.. The rise and fall of complex societies.. Wishful thinking and the precautionary principle11. Sustainable human - ecosystem interaction.. Human social institutions and sustainable use of common property resources.. Coexistence of urban ecosystems with nature.. Resilience and sustainable development.. Adaptive development.. 12. Examples of ecologically sustainable development.. Dengue hemorrhagic fever, mosquitoes and copepods: an example of eco-technology for sustainable development.. The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program: an example of regional environmental management.. Glossary.. Further Reading.. IndexThe scope and clarity of this book make it accessible and informative to a wide readership. Its messages should be an essential component of the education for all students from secondary school to university... [It] provides a clear and comprehensible account of concepts that can be applied in our individual and collective lives to pursue the promising and secure future to which we all aspire' -From the Foreword by Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Earth Council and former Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) The most important questions of the future will turn on the relationship between human societies and the natural ecosystems on which we all, in the end, depend. The interactions and interdependencies of the social and natural worlds are the focus of growing attention from a wide range of environmental, social and life sciences. Understanding them is critical to achieving the balance involved in sustainable development. Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development presents an extremely clear and accessible account of this complex range of issues and of the concepts and tools required to understand and tackle them. Extensively supported by graphics and detailed examples, this book makes an excellent introduction for students at all levels, and for general readers wanting to know why and how to respond to the dilemmas we face.Desarrollo sostenibleEcología humanaEfecto de los seres humanos sobre la naturalezaSucesión ecológicaServicios ecosistémicosComunidades bióticasURN:ISBN:1853837148URN:ISBN:9781853837142 |