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Global Ecology in Human Perspective
Charles H. Southwick
414 pages
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frontispiece, halftones, line figures, tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-510408-0
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Hardback
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04 July 1996
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- Author is among the most distinguished and best-known human ecologists
Written by a well-known ecologist with more than forty years of scientific field work on six continents, this book deals with the ecology of planet earth, focusing on the condition of the global environment and the quality of human life. The author describes the scope and meaning of global ecology and gives a brief review of ecological principles relevant to global concerns. The work concentrates on how we as humans affect global ecosystems and how these changes impact our health, behavior, economics, and politics. Specific sections address the ecological components of planet
earth, the biosphere, ecosystem, ecology, worldwide environmental trends, and the state of human populations. Other chapters deal with competition and conflict, the ecology of war, an agenda for survival, sustainability, and future prospects.
Accessible to undergraduates, students in adult and professional education, and general readers, this unique work gives a broader definition of our environment than conventional ecology books, emphasizing economic and social dimensions of the global environment. It covers diverse viewpoints, including good news and favorable trends regarding the future, and helps readers think about current ecological problems and those we will face in the future. It discusses how to relate facts and beliefs, how to assess outcomes, and
finally, how we might view and treat the one world in which we live.Readership: Undergraduates in ecology, biology, and environmental studies.
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Charles H. Southwick, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado
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"It paints a clear and awesome picture of how everything in nature impacts and is dependent on everything else and how this complicated network actually works ... this book can teach us a lot. It is clearly written, supplies many graphs and photos and a useful eleven page glossary," - Earthwatch 38 Autumn 1997
"a scholarly treatment of views through the ages on potential conflicts between humans and nature" - TREE vol. 13, no. 1 January 1998
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1: The Meaning and Scope of Global Ecology
2: Properties and Components of Planet Earth
3: The Biosphere
4: Ecological Principles - Ecosystems
5: Ecosystem Organization and Function
6: Energy Flow and Trophic Structure
7: Ecosystem Homeostasis, Succession and Stability
8: Our Global Condition: A Clash of Concepts
9: Global Change and Development
10: Land Degradation
11: Desertification
12: Deforestation
13: Historical Aspects of Environmental Destruction
14: Population Ecology
15: Human Populations
16: World Food Supplies
17: Air Pollution
18: Weather and Climate Change
19: Water Pollution and Ocean Ecology
20: The Crisis in Biodiversity
21: Our Human Conditions: Economics, Demography, and Health
22: Global Patterns of Health
23: Competition and Conflict
24: The Ecology of War
25: Sustainability
26: Assessment and Agenda
27: Prognosis
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