William R Burch
Biographic Data
| ID | 144741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Burch |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Burch |
| SIGNATURE | BURCH W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Community and Forestry
About Don Field—Some Stories and Remembrances
Social Science and Forestry
This article originally published in Society & Natural Resources, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pages 187–191, 1990. DOI: 10.1080/08941929009380717
Characterization of Households and its Implications for the Vegetation of Urban Ecosystems
Data and Methods Comparing Social Structure and Vegetation Structure of Urban Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland
Recent advances in remote sensing and the adoption of geographic information systems (GIS) have greatly increased the availability of high-resolution spatial and attribute data for examining the relationship between social and vegetation structure in urban areas. There are several motivations for understanding this relationship. First, the United States has experienced a significant increase in the extent of urbanized land. Second, urban forester…
Rainwater Harvesting Agriculture
Rainwater harvesting agriculture (RHA), which was first developed by scientists in Gansu province over a decade ago, is an integrated system for water management on rainfed land in semiarid areas. This system consists of three main components including rainwater harvesting system, water-saving irrigation system, and highly effective crop production system. Its main function is to provide farmers in water-limiting environments with access to the w…
Rainwater Harvesting Agriculture
Rainwater harvesting agriculture (RHA), which was first developed by scientists in Gansu province over a decade ago, is an integrated system for water management on rainfed land in semiarid areas. This system consists of three main components including rainwater harvesting system, water-saving irrigation system, and highly effective crop production system. Its main function is to provide farmers in water-limiting environments with access to the w…
The human ecosystem Part I
The organization and description of a comprehensive ecosystem model useful to ecosystem management is necessary. In this article, we propose the human ecosystem as an organizing concept for ecosystem management. First, we describe the history of the human ecosystem idea; both biological ecology and mainstream social theories provide useful guidance. Next, we present the key elements of a human ecosystem model: critical resources (natural, socioec…
Social science and forestry
This article originally published in Society & Natural Resources, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pages 187–191, 1990. DOI: 10.1080/08941929009380717
Rural Sociology and the Environment
Rural Sociology and the Environment
Much ado about nothing—some reflections on the wider and wilder implications of social carrying capacity
The excellent review of social carrying capacity literature by Graefe, Vaske, and Kuss clearly demonstrates the shared deceptions that occur when research problems are defined by resource managers rather than by established theory. This central tendency has meant that two decades of social carrying capacity research has produced few valid generalizations, little cumulation of findings, and a series of correct solutions for the wrong management pr…
Relations between Strangers
Tourism is a paradoxical human activity-a supposedly 'smokeless industry' that produces littered beaches, a cornucopia to local economics that gives rise to inflation and embittered natives, a profitable enterprise that often requires governmental subsidy. It is also a major social and economic phenomenon: witness 280 million international tourists and 180 billion dollars in expenditures in 1979 (Waters, 1979). For the populations of many societi…
The ecology of metaphor—spacing regularities for humans and other primates in urban and wildland habitats
This paper traces the change from encouraging appreciation of nature to the restriction of access to nature. Metaphors of anit‐urbanism, neo‐Malthusian scarcity, and territorial aggression seem to have shaped the carrying capacity rationale for both wildland and urban planners. However, data on nonhuman primates and higher social species demonstrate that the carrying capacity concept has limited empirical support. This uncertainty about the scien…
Behavioral Research Methods in Environmental Design
The Social Organization of Leisure in Human Society
Daydreams and Nightmares
World Society. John W. Burton
Daydreams and Nightmares
Resources and Social Structure
Human societies exist within certain resource limits. Those limits reflect particular combinations of ma terials, language, and social structure and determine tenden cies toward social stability or change. Such issues seem best approached metaphorically. Energy stands for the level of resource-development a particular society has reached. Per meability indicates how distribution is arranged by the social structure; and myths stand for the group's…
Resources and Man
The Social Circles of Leisure
This paper illustrates some theoretical possibilities for research on leisure behavior. There is an attempt to make explicit two hypotheses which often are implicit in our explanations of variation in leisure behavior. The origins, utility and limitations of these two hypotheses — "compensatory" and "familiarity" — are examined by using data on three styles of family camping. When confronted with these data, it appears that both familiarity and c…
The Play World of Camping
Two types of play-action systems-expressive and symbolic labor-are compared to indicate the theoretical value in studying outdoor recreation. Of several possible issues, two are treated: (1) conjugal solidarity and the division of play, and (2) continuities and discontinuities in player identities. For some classes of players symbolic labor systems appear to be more conducive to the development of conjugal solidarity and the provision of continui…
The human ecosystem Part I
The organization and description of a comprehensive ecosystem model useful to ecosystem management is necessary. In this article, we propose the human ecosystem as an organizing concept for ecosystem management. First, we describe the history of the human ecosystem idea; both biological ecology and mainstream social theories provide useful guidance. Next, we present the key elements of a human ecosystem model: critical resources (natural, socioec…
The Play World of Camping
Two types of play-action systems-expressive and symbolic labor-are compared to indicate the theoretical value in studying outdoor recreation. Of several possible issues, two are treated: (1) conjugal solidarity and the division of play, and (2) continuities and discontinuities in player identities. For some classes of players symbolic labor systems appear to be more conducive to the development of conjugal solidarity and the provision of continui…
Relations between Strangers
Tourism is a paradoxical human activity-a supposedly 'smokeless industry' that produces littered beaches, a cornucopia to local economics that gives rise to inflation and embittered natives, a profitable enterprise that often requires governmental subsidy. It is also a major social and economic phenomenon: witness 280 million international tourists and 180 billion dollars in expenditures in 1979 (Waters, 1979). For the populations of many societi…
Data and Methods Comparing Social Structure and Vegetation Structure of Urban Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland
Recent advances in remote sensing and the adoption of geographic information systems (GIS) have greatly increased the availability of high-resolution spatial and attribute data for examining the relationship between social and vegetation structure in urban areas. There are several motivations for understanding this relationship. First, the United States has experienced a significant increase in the extent of urbanized land. Second, urban forester…
The ecology of metaphor—spacing regularities for humans and other primates in urban and wildland habitats
This paper traces the change from encouraging appreciation of nature to the restriction of access to nature. Metaphors of anit‐urbanism, neo‐Malthusian scarcity, and territorial aggression seem to have shaped the carrying capacity rationale for both wildland and urban planners. However, data on nonhuman primates and higher social species demonstrate that the carrying capacity concept has limited empirical support. This uncertainty about the scien…
The Social Circles of Leisure
This paper illustrates some theoretical possibilities for research on leisure behavior. There is an attempt to make explicit two hypotheses which often are implicit in our explanations of variation in leisure behavior. The origins, utility and limitations of these two hypotheses — "compensatory" and "familiarity" — are examined by using data on three styles of family camping. When confronted with these data, it appears that both familiarity and c…
Much ado about nothing—some reflections on the wider and wilder implications of social carrying capacity
The excellent review of social carrying capacity literature by Graefe, Vaske, and Kuss clearly demonstrates the shared deceptions that occur when research problems are defined by resource managers rather than by established theory. This central tendency has meant that two decades of social carrying capacity research has produced few valid generalizations, little cumulation of findings, and a series of correct solutions for the wrong management pr…
Rainwater Harvesting Agriculture
Rainwater harvesting agriculture (RHA), which was first developed by scientists in Gansu province over a decade ago, is an integrated system for water management on rainfed land in semiarid areas. This system consists of three main components including rainwater harvesting system, water-saving irrigation system, and highly effective crop production system. Its main function is to provide farmers in water-limiting environments with access to the w…
Social science and forestry
This article originally published in Society & Natural Resources, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pages 187–191, 1990. DOI: 10.1080/08941929009380717
The Play World of Camping
Two types of play-action systems-expressive and symbolic labor-are compared to indicate the theoretical value in studying outdoor recreation. Of several possible issues, two are treated: (1) conjugal solidarity and the division of play, and (2) continuities and discontinuities in player identities. For some classes of players symbolic labor systems appear to be more conducive to the development of conjugal solidarity and the provision of continui…
The Social Circles of Leisure
This paper illustrates some theoretical possibilities for research on leisure behavior. There is an attempt to make explicit two hypotheses which often are implicit in our explanations of variation in leisure behavior. The origins, utility and limitations of these two hypotheses — "compensatory" and "familiarity" — are examined by using data on three styles of family camping. When confronted with these data, it appears that both familiarity and c…
Resources and Social Structure
Human societies exist within certain resource limits. Those limits reflect particular combinations of ma terials, language, and social structure and determine tenden cies toward social stability or change. Such issues seem best approached metaphorically. Energy stands for the level of resource-development a particular society has reached. Per meability indicates how distribution is arranged by the social structure; and myths stand for the group's…
Resources and Man
Daydreams and Nightmares
Daydreams and Nightmares
World Society. John W. Burton
Behavioral Research Methods in Environmental Design
The Social Organization of Leisure in Human Society
The ecology of metaphor—spacing regularities for humans and other primates in urban and wildland habitats
This paper traces the change from encouraging appreciation of nature to the restriction of access to nature. Metaphors of anit‐urbanism, neo‐Malthusian scarcity, and territorial aggression seem to have shaped the carrying capacity rationale for both wildland and urban planners. However, data on nonhuman primates and higher social species demonstrate that the carrying capacity concept has limited empirical support. This uncertainty about the scien…
Relations between Strangers
Tourism is a paradoxical human activity-a supposedly 'smokeless industry' that produces littered beaches, a cornucopia to local economics that gives rise to inflation and embittered natives, a profitable enterprise that often requires governmental subsidy. It is also a major social and economic phenomenon: witness 280 million international tourists and 180 billion dollars in expenditures in 1979 (Waters, 1979). For the populations of many societi…
Much ado about nothing—some reflections on the wider and wilder implications of social carrying capacity
The excellent review of social carrying capacity literature by Graefe, Vaske, and Kuss clearly demonstrates the shared deceptions that occur when research problems are defined by resource managers rather than by established theory. This central tendency has meant that two decades of social carrying capacity research has produced few valid generalizations, little cumulation of findings, and a series of correct solutions for the wrong management pr…
Rural Sociology and the Environment
Social science and forestry
This article originally published in Society & Natural Resources, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pages 187–191, 1990. DOI: 10.1080/08941929009380717
Rural Sociology and the Environment
The human ecosystem Part I
The organization and description of a comprehensive ecosystem model useful to ecosystem management is necessary. In this article, we propose the human ecosystem as an organizing concept for ecosystem management. First, we describe the history of the human ecosystem idea; both biological ecology and mainstream social theories provide useful guidance. Next, we present the key elements of a human ecosystem model: critical resources (natural, socioec…
Rainwater Harvesting Agriculture
Rainwater harvesting agriculture (RHA), which was first developed by scientists in Gansu province over a decade ago, is an integrated system for water management on rainfed land in semiarid areas. This system consists of three main components including rainwater harvesting system, water-saving irrigation system, and highly effective crop production system. Its main function is to provide farmers in water-limiting environments with access to the w…
Rainwater Harvesting Agriculture
Rainwater harvesting agriculture (RHA), which was first developed by scientists in Gansu province over a decade ago, is an integrated system for water management on rainfed land in semiarid areas. This system consists of three main components including rainwater harvesting system, water-saving irrigation system, and highly effective crop production system. Its main function is to provide farmers in water-limiting environments with access to the w…
Characterization of Households and its Implications for the Vegetation of Urban Ecosystems
Data and Methods Comparing Social Structure and Vegetation Structure of Urban Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland
Recent advances in remote sensing and the adoption of geographic information systems (GIS) have greatly increased the availability of high-resolution spatial and attribute data for examining the relationship between social and vegetation structure in urban areas. There are several motivations for understanding this relationship. First, the United States has experienced a significant increase in the extent of urbanized land. Second, urban forester…
About Don Field—Some Stories and Remembrances
Social Science and Forestry
This article originally published in Society & Natural Resources, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pages 187–191, 1990. DOI: 10.1080/08941929009380717
Community and Forestry
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