Human Ecology

by Bates, Daniel G.; Tucker, Judith

• ISBN13: 9781441957009
• ISBN10: 1441957006
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-05
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

This comprehensive sourcebook on human ecology combines 25 source articles published in the journal Human Ecology, enhanced with new research updates and thematic commentary. Intended as a follow up to Case Studies in Human Ecology, this volume includes an entirely new group of articles, with the same accessible, comprehensive coverage that made Case Studies so popular.Human Ecology: Research and Practice covers four important areas: Philosophy, Theory and Methods; Changing Subsistence Practices; Agricultural Intensification and Population Dynamics; and, Common Property Resources and Conservation. As a group, these articles represent the major contributions to the study of Human Ecology since the publication of the previous volume.Each article includes a concise introduction by the Editor, giving necessary and thoughtful context. The volume covers an overview of human ecology as a field within environmental studies, new directions in contemporary research, new methods and techniques, and cultural landscapes. Anyone studying human ecology, environmental studies, landscape studies, or population dynamics, particularly key issues such as conservation and globalization will find this comprehensive reader a valuable resource.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Theory, Method, and Explanation in Human Ecology
Explaining Indonesian Forest Fires: Both Ends of the Firestick	p. 17
On the Notions of Mother Nature and the Balance of Nature and Their Implications for Conservation	p. 37
Hunter-Gatherers Optimize Their Foraging Patterns Using Lévy Flights	p. 51
What is Biocultural Diversity? A Theoretical Review	p. 67
The Conservation Catch-22: Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Change	p. 79
Does Environmental Talk Equal Environmental Knowledge? An Example from Newfoundland	p. 89
Dynamics of Local Food Procurement Systems
Tracking the Carbon Footprint of Paleolithic Societies in Mediterranean Ecosystems	p. 109
Burning and Hunting in Australia's Western Desert	p. 127
The Wild Yam Question: Evidence from Baka Foraging in the Northwest Congo Basin	p. 143
Life Without Pigs: Decisions, Community Action, and Subsistence Changes Among the Irakia Awa, Papua New Guinea	p. 155
Food Security and Pastoralism in the Northern Sahel	p. 173
Agricultural Intensification and Large-Scale Population Dynamics
Labor Productivity and Agricultural Development: Testing Boserup	p. 195
Following Netting: The Cultural Ecology of Viliui Sakha Households in Post-Soviet Siberia	p. 213
Adaptive Responses to Environmental and Sociopolitical Change in Southern Zambia	p. 225
Social and Environmental Impacts of the Rise and Fall of Flue-Cured Tobacco Production in the Copán Valley	p. 237
Does Climate Change Affect War Frequency? The Case of Eastern China	p. 255
Common Property Management, Conservation, and Development
Local Knowledge and Changing Subsistence Strategies in James Bay, Canada	p. 281
After the Cochabamba Water War of 2000: A Common Pool Resource Institution in the Urban Andes	p. 297
Gender, Social Difference and Coastal Resource Management in Lowland Philippine Fishing Communities	p. 317
Causes of Deforestation in Central Maine, USA	p. 331
Environmental and Economic Costs of Biofuels	p. 349
Editors'References	p. 371
Index	p. 373
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