02393nam 2200553 a 450 991081826310332120200520144314.00-85745-004-210.1515/9780857450043(CKB)2550000001109069(EBL)1337776(OCoLC)855969629(SSID)ssj0000383497(PQKBManifestationID)12129255(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000383497(PQKBWorkID)10332087(PQKB)10314599(MiAaPQ)EBC1337776(DE-B1597)635923(DE-B1597)9780857450043(EXLCZ)99255000000110906920080226d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCulture and the changing environment uncertainty, cognition and risk management in cross-cultural perspective /edited by Michael J. CasimirNew York Berghahn Books20081 online resource (408 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57181-478-7 1-299-77908-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Evaluating, attributing and deciding -- pt. II. Knowledge, meaning and discourse. Today human ecology has split into many different sub-disciplines such as historical ecology, political ecology or the New Ecological Anthropology. The latter in particular has criticised the predominance of the Western view on different ecosystems, arguing that culture-specific world views and human-environment interactions have been largely neglected. However, these different perspectives only tackle specific facets of a local and global hyper-complex reality. In bringing together a variety of views and theoretical approaches , these especially commissioned essays prove that an interdisciHuman ecologyCross-cultural studiesNatureEffect of human beings onCross-cultural studiesHuman ecologyNatureEffect of human beings on304.2Casimir Michael J1696054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818263103321Culture And The Changing Environment4075725UNINA