Global Ecology in Human Perspective
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 4 July 1996
- ISBN 9780195104080
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 242x160x24 mm
- Weight 728 g
- Language English
- Illustrations frontispiece, halftones, line figures, tables 0
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Short description:
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 earth and how, in turn, these changes affect human life.
MoreLong description:
Written by a well-known ecologist with more than forty years of scientific field work on six continents, this book deals with the ecology of planet earth, focusing on the condition of the global environment and the quality of human life. The author describes the scope and meaning of global ecology and gives a brief review of ecological principles relevant to global concerns. The work concentrates on how we as humans affect global ecosystems and how these changes
impact our health, behavior, economics, and politics. Specific sections address the ecological components of planet earth, the biosphere, ecosystem, ecology, worldwide environmental trends, and the state of human populations. Other chapters deal with competition and conflict, the ecology of war, an
agenda for survival, sustainability, and future prospects.
Accessible to undergraduates, students in adult and professional education, and general readers, this unique work gives a broader definition of our environment than conventional ecology books, emphasizing economic and social dimensions of the global environment. It covers diverse viewpoints, including good news and favorable trends regarding the future, and helps readers think about current ecological problems and those we will face in the future. It discusses how to relate facts and beliefs,
how to assess outcomes, and finally, how we might view and treat the one world in which we live.
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,
Table of Contents:
The Meaning and Scope of Global Ecology
Properties and Components of Planet Earth
The Biosphere
Ecological Principles - Ecosystems
Ecosystem Organization and Function
Energy Flow and Trophic Structure
Ecosystem Homeostasis, Succession and Stability
Our Global Condition: A Clash of Concepts
Global Change and Development
Land Degradation
Desertification
Deforestation
Historical Aspects of Environmental Destruction
Population Ecology
Human Populations
World Food Supplies
Air Pollution
Weather and Climate Change
Water Pollution and Ocean Ecology
The Crisis in Biodiversity
Our Human Conditions: Economics, Demography, and Health
Global Patterns of Health
Competition and Conflict
The Ecology of War
Sustainability
Assessment and Agenda
Prognosis
