Global Ecology in Human Perspective

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Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

A textbook covering the study of human ecology and global ecology: ecological principles relevant to global concerns the meaning of global change, human impact on the environment, population growth and regulation, world health, interactions of economics and ecology, and prospects of human future. The central theme of the book deals with the ways humans are altering the hearth and how, in turn, these changes affect human life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-04-25
Vikt:550 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:416
Förlag:Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN:9780195098679

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It paints a clear and awesome picture of how everything in nature impacts and is dependent on everything else and how this complicated network actually works ... this book can teach us a lot. It is clearly written, supplies many graphs and photos and a useful eleven page glossary, Earthwatch 38 Autumn 1997 a scholarly treatment of views through the ages on potential conflicts between humans and nature TREE vol. 13, no. 1 January 1998

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Meaning and Scope of Global Ecology ; 2. Properties and Components of Planet Earth ; 3. The Biosphere ; 4. Ecological Principles - Ecosystems ; 5. Ecosystem Organization and Function ; 6. Energy Flow and Trophic Structure ; 7. Ecosystem Homeostasis, Succession and Stability ; 8. Our Global Condition: A Clash of Concepts ; 9. Global Change and Development ; 10. Land Degradation ; 11. Desertification ; 12. Deforestation ; 13. Historical Aspects of Environmental Destruction ; 14. Population Ecology ; 15. Human Populations ; 16. World Food Supplies ; 17. Air Pollution ; 18. Weather and Climate Change ; 19. Water Pollution and Ocean Ecology ; 20. The Crisis in Biodiversity ; 21. Our Human Conditions: Economics, Demography, and Health ; 22. Global Patterns of Health ; 23. Competition and Conflict ; 24. The Ecology of War ; 25. Sustainability ; 26. Assessment and Agenda ; 27. Prognosis