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ISBN 10: 1118877470
ISBN 13: 978-1118877470
Author: Emilio Moran
Now updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world.
- Written by a respected scholar in environmental anthropology with a multi-disciplinary focus that also draws from geography, ecology, and environmental studies
- Addresses new issues of importance, including climate change, population change, the rise of the slow food and farm-to-table movements, and consumer-driven shifts in sustainability
- Explains key theoretical issues in the field, as well as the most important research, at a level appropriate for readers coming to the topic for the first time
- Discusses the challenges in ensuring a livable future for generations to come and explores solutions for correcting the damage already done to the environment
- Offers a powerful, hopeful future vision for improved relations between humans and nature that embraces the idea of community needs rather than consumption wants, and the importance of building trust as a foundation for a sustainable future
People and Nature An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations 2nd Table of contents:
1 Human Agency and the State of the Earth
Introduction
Can One Conceive of Ecosystems Without Human Agents?
Human Agency: Individuals Making a Difference
Overwhelming Evidence for Concern with the Condition of the Earth System
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Additional Resources
References
2 A Reminder
The Study of Human Ecological Relations
The Contemporary Study of Environmental Issues: The Rise of Cross‐Disciplinary Team‐Based Approaches
The Evolution of Human–Environment Interactions
Hunter‐Gatherers: Setting Our Preferences
How Did We Decide to Become Farmers?
Herding and Farming: An Uneasy Relationship
More Food for the Masses
Additional Resources
References
3 The Great Forgetting
Earth Transformations in Prehistory
The Archeology of Environmental Change
The Urban–Industrial Revolution and the Unleashing of Prometheus
The Contemporary Situation: Human‐Dominated Ecosystems
Additional Resources
References
4 The Web of Life
The Web of Life and Trophic Relations: Thinking Ecologically
Ecosystem Productivity and Net Primary Production
Land Use and Long‐Term Disturbance
Additional Resources
References
5 What Makes People Do That?
Learning, Adaptation, and Information
Mitigation and the Cautionary Principle
Transforming the Face of the Earth: Making Better Decisions
Additional Resources
References
6 Population and Environment
Theories about Population
The Demographic Transition
Aging and International Flows of Labor
Addressing the Needs of 10 Billion People
Changing the Population and Environment Nexus
Additional Resources
References
7 Rebuilding Communities and Institutions
Community in Human Evolution
What is Sacred in Human Evolution?
Tragedies of the Commons
Institutions and Self‐Organization
Bioregionalism, Deep Ecology, and Embedding People in Nature
Additional Resources
References
8 Can We Learn When We Have Enough?
Material Boys and Material Girls
Patterns of Consumption in Developed Countries
Patterns of Consumption in Developing Countries
A Feeding Frenzy and a Crisis in Public Health
Burning Fossil Fuels instead of Calories
Do We Have Enough Material Goods Now?
Additional Resources
References
9 Quality of Life
Resource Abundance versus Resource Scarcity
When Less is More
The Scale of the Problem and the Scale of the Solution
Restoring Our Balance: Valuing Community and Trust
Are We Happier When We Have More?
References
Index
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