TY - BOOK AU - Marten,Gerald G. TI - Human ecology : basic concepts for sustainable development SN - 185383713X (cloth) U1 - 304.2 PY - 2001/// CY - London, Sterling, VA PB - Earthscan Publications KW - Human ecology KW - Sustainable development KW - Nature KW - Human-plant relationships KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Biotic communities N1 - Includes glossary; Introduction. -- What is human ecology? -- Sustainable development -- Organization of this book -- Populations and feedback systems. Exponential population growth -- Positive feedback -- Negative feedback -- Population regulation -- The practical significance of positive and negative feedback -- Human population. Human population history -- Social mechanisms of population regulation -- The population explosion and quality of life -- Ecosystems and social systems as complex adaptive systems. Hierarchical organization and emergent properties -- Self-organization -- Stability domains -- Complex system cycles -- Ecosystem organization. Coadaptation -- Ecosystem design -- Ecosystem homeostasis -- Comparison of natural, agricultural and urban ecosystems -- Landscape mosaics -- Ecological succession. Ecological succession -- Human-induced succession -- Managing succession -- 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 -- 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 -- Perceptions of nature. Common perceptions of nature -- Attitudes of religions toward nature -- Notes of caution about romanticizing nature and traditional social systems -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 N2 - This volume provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts and issues of sustainable development and contains extensive examples, case studies and exercises UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001023293.html ER -