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Human Ecology as Human Behavior: Essays in Environmental and Developmental Anthropology
by Bennett, John W.
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Human interaction with the natural environment has a dual character. By turning increasing quantities of natural substances into physical resources, human beings might be said to have freed themselves from the constraints of low-technology survival pressures. However, the process has generated a new dependence on nature in the form of complex "socionatural systems," as Bennett calls them, in which human society and behavior are so interlocked with the management of the environment that small changes in the systems can lead to disaster. Bennett's essays cover a wide range: from the philosophy of environmentalism to the ecology of economic development; from the human impact on semi-arid lands to the ecology of Japanese forest management. This expanded paperback edition includes a new chapter on the role of anthropology in economic development.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Bennett, John W.
- ISBN: 9781560008491
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 1.22
- Number Of Pages: 398
- Publication Year: 1995
Language:
English