| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 174 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART ONE A theoretical paradigm; 1 An outline of human ecology; 1.1 The concept and its delimitation; 1.2 Goals and methods; 1.3 Conceptual models in human ecology; 1.4 Conclusion; 2 Applications for human ecology; 2.1 Areas of investigation; 2.2 Applications to development; 2.3 Sustainable development; 2.4 Conclusion; PART TWO Ethical-political dimensions; 3 Environmental ethics: possibilities and limits; 3.1 Ethics between knowledge and action |
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3.2 Ethics between human ecology and philosophical tradition3.3 Green ethics -- a political instrument?; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Environmental policy in Germany; 4.1 Has environmental policy been successful thus far?; 4.2 Political implementation; 4.3 Unanswered questions concerning the society-environment system; 4.4 Conclusion; PART THREE Implementation: two examples; 5 Environment and development in China: problems and policies; 5.1 Environmental problems and policies 1949-78; 5.2 Environmental problems and policies after 1978; 5.3 Population and culture; 5.4 Conclusion |
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6 A human ecology approach to sustainable agricultural development: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands6.1 A case study for sustainable development policy; 6.2 Three models for future development; 6.3 The Andaman and Nicobar Islands today; 6.4 Conclusion; PART FOUR Consequences for future thinking and action; 7 Agrarian culture between conceptual reconstruction and empirics; 7.1 Culture and agrarian culture: interrelation or changing relations?; 7.2 Agrarian culture with political intentions: some case examples; 7.3 Strategies for change; 7.4 Conclusion |
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8 Nature in crisis? A cultural misunderstanding8.1 Technological development, social emancipation and their limitations; 8.2 The dual nature of Homo sapiens; 8.3 Attempts to resolve the contradiction; 8.4 The crisis of nature as a cultural crisis -- prerequisites for controlling instability; 8.5 Conclusion; References; Index |
| Summary |
This reissue, first published in 1995, focuses on philosophy and social science in human ecology, and includes case studies dealing with the problems of political implementation of development plans and schemes. Part One deals with theory, including a comprehensive introduction to the field and an overview of the conceptual modelling typical in human ecology. Part Two moves towards questions of human behaviour and action, exploring the relationship between environmental ethics and policy in terms of the justification and implementation of human interactions with nature and the environment o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Human ecology.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable development.
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human ecology.
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sustainable development.
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sustainable agriculture (discipline)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Environmental ethics
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Human ecology
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Sustainable agriculture
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203838938 |
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0203838939 |
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9781136881107 |
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1136881107 |
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9781136881053 |
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1136881050 |
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9781136881091 |
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1136881093 |
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