| Case Studies in Human Ecology 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Bates, Daniel G. (Editor), Lees, Sarah H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306452456 ISBN-13: 9780306452451 Publisher: Springer
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1996 Annotation: This practical text responds to renewed interest in environmental issues by providing accessible case study material for courses in human ecology, cultural ecology, and cultural geography. Carefully selected from the journal Human Ecology, these published case studies represent a broad cross-section of contemporary research in the application of human ecology to a wide variety of problems worldwide. Articles present original data and utilize various methodologies while offering new insights into foraging or hunting and gathering, pastoralism, and agriculture. Click for more in this series: Language of Science |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Nature | Ecology - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 96009676 |
| Series: Language of Science |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.08" W x 9.42" L (1.73 lbs) 408 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume was developed to meet a much noted need for accessible case study material for courses in human ecology, cultural ecology, cultural geography, and other subjects increasingly offered to fulfill renewed student and faculty interest in environmental issues. The case studies, all taken from the journal Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Jouma represent a broad cross-section of contemporary research. It is tempting but inaccurate to sug- gest that these represent the "Best of Human Ecology." They were selected from among many outstanding possibilities because they worked well with the organization of the book which, in turn, reflects the way in which courses in human ecology are often organized. This book provides a useful sample of case studies in the application of the perspective of human ecology to a wide variety of problems in dif- ferent regions of the world. University courses in human ecology typically begin with basic concepts pertaining to energy flow, feeding relations, ma- terial cycles, population dynamics, and ecosystem properties, and then take up illustrative case studies of human-environmental interactions. These are usually discussed either along the lines of distinctive strategies of food pro- curement (such as foraging or pastoralism) or as adaptations to specific habitat types or biomes (such as the circumpolar regions or arid lands). |
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