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Human ecology basic concepts for sustainable development

Gerald G. Marten 1939-

London Earthscan Publications Sterling, VA 2001

Localização: FFCLRP - Fac. Fil. Ciên. Let. de R. Preto    (301.161 M377h 31305 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Human ecology basic concepts for sustainable development
  • Autor: Gerald G. Marten 1939-
  • Assuntos: Human ecology; Sustainable development; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Human-plant relationships; Human-animal relationships; Biotic communities; ECOLOGIA HUMANA; DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL; MEIO AMBIENTE
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-228) and index
  • Descrição: Machine generated contents note: I 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 principle -- 11 Sustainable human-ecosystem interaction -- Human social institu
  • Editor: London Earthscan Publications Sterling, VA
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2001
  • Formato: xvi, 238 p. ill. 24 cm..
  • Idioma: Inglês
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