Human ecology : basic concepts for sustainable development

By: Marten, Gerald G [Author]Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, ©2001Description: xvi, 238 p. : illustrationsISBN: 185383713X (cloth); 9781853837135; 1853837148 (pbk.); 9781853837142Subject(s): Human ecology | Sustainable development | Nature | Human-plant relationships | Human-animal relationships | Biotic communitiesDDC classification: 304.2 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
Summary: This volume provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts and issues of sustainable development and contains extensive examples, case studies and exercises.
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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.

This volume provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts and issues of sustainable development and contains extensive examples, case studies and exercises.

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