Human Ecology

How Nature and Culture Shape Our World

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19948204
AutoresFrederick R Steiner, Frederick Steiner (0000-0002-3692-7639, autor correspondente), Richard T T Forman
Ano2016
Data de publicação2016-01-01
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoHuman Ecology (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraIsland Press/Center for Resource Economics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5822/978-1-61091-778-0
OpenAlexW2969229166
ISBN9781610917780
Open LibraryOL38374539M
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4

Humans have always been influenced by natural landscapes, and always will beâ even as we create everâ larger cities and our developments fundamentally change the nature of the earth around us. In this publication, noted city planner and landscape architect Frederick Steiner encourages us to consider how human cultures have been shaped by natural forces, and how we might use this understanding to contribute to a future where both nature and people thrive. Human ecology is the study of the interrelationships between humans and their environment, drawing on diverse fields from biology and geography to sociology, engineering, and architecture. Steiner admirably synthesizes these perspectives through the lens of landscape architecture, a discipline that requires its practitioners to consciously connect humans and their environments. After laying out eight principles for understanding human ecology, the bookâ s chapters build from the smallest scale of connectionâ our homesâ and expand to community scales, regions, nations, and, ultimately, examine global relationships between people and nature

Archaeology · Biology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Natural (archaeology) · Ecology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Écologie humaine · Environmental Science · Environmental science, engineering & technology · Human ecology · Human Ecology · Physical geography & topography · Regional & Area Planning · Science