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Autore |
Moran Emilio F |
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Titolo |
Environmental social science [[electronic resource] ] : human-environment interactions and sustainability / / Emilio F. Moran |
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Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4443-1905-1 |
1-4443-5827-8 |
1-282-48243-2 |
9786612482434 |
1-4443-1906-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Human ecology |
Biotic communities |
Environmental degradation |
Sustainable living |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Environmental Social Science; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Challenge of Human-Environment Interactions Research; The Evolution of Social Ecological Systems; Characterization of Contemporary Global Environmental Changes; History of the Development of the Human Dimensions Agenda; Characteristics of the Research on the Human Dimensions; The Way Forward: Integrative Science; 2 Theories and Concepts from the Social Sciences; Population, Technology, and Central Place Theories; Population and Environment Theories; Agency and History; Decision-theoretic Approaches |
Political Economy and Political EcologyCultural Ecology; 3 Theories and Concepts from the Biological Sciences; Evolution by Natural Selection; Species Respond Individualistically, Not as Communities; Interactions with Other Species: Niche and Neutral Theories; Top-down vs. Bottom-up Control in Ecosystems; Succession; Island Biogeography; Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Theories; Biodiversity and Ecosystem |
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