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Environmental Change and Human Survival: Some Dimensions of Human Ecology 1/e
Stephen Molnar
Iva M. Molnar
Published September 1999 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2000, 314 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-176041-6
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$53.20
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Summary

This book looks at human ecology by examining the linkages between human actions and environmental inputs. A historical context traces demographic and cultural developments through a series of demographic landmarks, and provides a balance to the book's survey of recent and contemporary populations. KEY TOPICS: Chapter topics include ecological concepts; demographic landmarks of a successful species; technology, development and population; and health, disease, and diet. MARKET: For active participants in the world we live in, who understand that our survival of environmental and social changes depends upon a clearer understanding of populations, society, and their adaptations.

Features

  • A focus on the urban-industrial niche.

    • Allows students to comprehend the self-created ecological era for our species containing the rapid development of knowledge and skills over the past 200 years. Ex.___

  • “The Four Ds.”

    • Introduces students to the interactions between diet, disease, demography, and development as defining a web of human ecological linkages. Ex.___

  • Links between human actions and environmental inputs.

    • Explores the effects of human health, survival, and population growth or decline. Ex.___

  • General ecological concepts.

    • Provides students with discussions on their application to the human species. Ex.___

  • An overview of the Industrial Revolution.

    • Outlines the history of major events and offers details of the sustained population growth, intensification of environmental change, and technological achievement. Ex.___

  • Basics of population dynamics.

    • Presents students with examples from contemporary societies of the developed and developing world, to explore fertility rates, life expectancy, and population structure. Ex.___

  • An emphasis on development.

    • Explains the driving force of population growth and demographic transition. Ex.___
Table of Contents



Preface.


1. Human Environments: A World of Linkages.


2. Humans and Ecological Concepts.


3. Demographic Landmarks of a Successful Species.


4. Technology, Development, and Population Dynamics: Some Linkages.


5. Population Dynamics: Some Basic Elements.


6. Diet, Adaptation, and Development.


7. Health, Disease, and Development.


8. Development, Populations, and Linkages: The Impacts on Planet Earth.


Literature Cited.


Index.


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