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Human Adaptability: An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. Title : Human Adaptability: An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. Authors : Moran, Emilio F. Binding : Paperback.

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Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of environmental, physiologic

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Routledge
ISBN-10
0813343674
ISBN-13
9780813343679
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63162797

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Author
Emilio F. Moran
Publication Name
Human Adaptability : an Introduction to Ecological Anthropology
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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9in
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1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz

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Gf51.M58 2008
Edition Description
Revised Edition,New Edition
Edition Number
3
Reviews
Moran draws on his extensive knowledge of several disciplines and his wide-ranging field experience to offer a clear, engaging, and accessible account of human interactions with natural ecosystems. He provides an understanding of human adaptability that will be of interest to students, to professionals, and to the broad reading public that is concerned with human adaptation to global environmental change." -- Benjamin S. Orlove, Editor, Current Anthropology ; Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis Rich in information...Eminently suitable as a text for courses in human ecology from either the biological or anthropological viewpoint." -- BioScience Solid scholarship...A well-written book that should be read by anyone with interests in this diverse field, students and professionals alike." -- Annals of Human Biology One of the clearest statements to date of the systems approach in ecological anthropology...Superb." -- Reviews in Anthropology, "Moran draws on his extensive knowledge of several disciplines and his wide-ranging field experience to offer a clear, engaging, and accessible account of human interactions with natural ecosystems. He provides an understanding of human adaptability that will be of interest to students, to professionals, and to the broad reading public that is concerned with human adaptation to global environmental change." -- Benjamin S. Orlove, Editor, Current Anthropology ; Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis "Rich in information...Eminently suitable as a text for courses in human ecology from either the biological or anthropological viewpoint." -- BioScience "Solid scholarship...A well-written book that should be read by anyone with interests in this diverse field, students and professionals alike." -- Annals of Human Biology "One of the clearest statements to date of the systems approach in ecological anthropology...Superb." -- Reviews in Anthropology
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition List of Acronyms PART ONE - ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY History, Theory, and Method 1 People in Ecosystems Human Adaptability as a Response to Constraints Modeling Energy Matter Information Ecosystems and Global Change Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Note 2 Theories of Human-Habitat Interaction Environmental Determinism Cultural Determinism: Nature as a Limiting Factor Human Adaptation to Environment Cultural Ecology: Comparison in Human-Environment Research Applications of the Cultural Ecological Method Ecological Anthropology Ethnoecological and Cognitive Approaches Historical Ecology Political Ecology Political Economy and Human Adaptability Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Notes 3 Fundamental Concepts and Methods Ecosystem Relationships Soils and Plant Productivity Physiological Responses Sociocultural Regulatory Adjustments Information and Decisions: Toward Actor-Based Approaches Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Note 4 Environmental Change and Spatial Analysis The Challenge of Scale and Levels of Analysis Human Adaptability to Global Environmental Change The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in the Social Sciences Experimental Approaches in the Social Sciences Spatial Analysis and the Study of Institutions Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Notes PART TWO - STUDIES OF HUMAN ADAPTABILITY 5 Human Adaptability to Arctic Zones The Arctic Ecosystem Adaptation to Cold Stress Coping with Snow and Sea Ice Adaptation to Prolonged Light and Darkness Coping with Low Biological Productivity Change in the Arctic Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Note 6 Human Adaptability to High Altitudes Mountain Ecosystems Adaptation to Hypoxia Adaptability to Cold Stress in the Andes Aridity and Low Productivity Climate Change and High Altitude Ecosystems Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Notes 7 Human Adaptability to Arid Lands Desert Ecosystems Adjustments to Dry Heat Utilization of Resources Irrigation Change in Desert Ecosystems Suggested Readings and Useful Websites 8 Human Adaptability to Grasslands Grasslands Ecosystems Herd Management Relations with Cultivators Adaptive Strategies in the Northern Plains Global Change and the Future of Grasslands and Pastoralism Suggested Readings and Useful Websites 9 Human Adaptability to the Humid Tropics Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems Coping with Ecosystem Complexity Adaptability to Humid Heat Global Change Processes and Alternatives to Deforestation Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Notes PART THREE - URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 10 Urban Ecology and Urban Sustainability The History of Cities The Ecology of Cities Spatial Aspects of the City: Compact Versus Sprawl Patterns Reducing Dependence on the Automobile Cities and the Upcoming Water Crisis An Integrative View of the Urban Ecosystem The Urban LTERs Final Remarks Suggested Readings and Useful Websites Glossary Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Ecology, Anthropology / General
Lccn
2007-036237
Dewey Decimal
304.2
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Nature, Social Science

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