Human adaptability : an introduction to ecological anthropology /
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| Author / Creator: | Moran, Emilio F. |
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint: | Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2008. |
| Description: | xxii, 473 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6661886 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface to the Third Edition
- List of Acronyms
- Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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
