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Environmental social science : human-environment interactions and sustainability / Emilio F. Moran.

By: Moran, Emilio FMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444319064; 144431906X; 9781444319057; 1444319051; 9781444358278; 1444358278Subject(s): Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Human ecology | Biotic communities | Environmental degradation | Sustainable living | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography | Biotic communities | Environmental degradation | Human ecology | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Sustainable living | Humanekologi | Electronic books | Homme -- Influence sur la nature | Écologie humaine | Écosystèmes | Environnement -- Dégradation | Style de vie durable | Anthropogener Einfluss | Gesellschaft | Humanökologie | Nachhaltigkeit | Umwelt | Umweltverträglichkeit | homme (être humain) -- influence exercée -- nature | écologie humaine -- environnement -- protectionGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental social science.DDC classification: 304.2 LOC classification: GF75 | .M668 2010ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
The challenge of human-environment interactions research -- Theories and concepts from the social sciences -- Theories and concepts from the biological sciences -- Spatially explicit approaches -- Multi-scale and multi-temporal analysis -- Biocomplexity in ecological systems -- Environmental decision making -- Towards sustainability science.
Review: "The past decade has witnessed a rapid growth in the development of research on the human dimensions of global environmental change. Environmental Social Science offers a synthesis of this new cross disciplinary enterprise, and provides a foundation for scholars and policy makers to address the urgent needs of these globally-scaled processes. With increasing evidence of climate change, loss of biodiversity, rapid deforestation in the tropics, and an impending crisis in availability of potable water, the book argues that environmental research demands a better understanding of the complexities of current human - environment interactions. In recommending a new collaborative approach that makes environmental theories and research methods accessible across the natural and social sciences, the book outlines a mutually beneficial research agenda for all concerned."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-202) and index.

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The challenge of human-environment interactions research -- Theories and concepts from the social sciences -- Theories and concepts from the biological sciences -- Spatially explicit approaches -- Multi-scale and multi-temporal analysis -- Biocomplexity in ecological systems -- Environmental decision making -- Towards sustainability science.

"The past decade has witnessed a rapid growth in the development of research on the human dimensions of global environmental change. Environmental Social Science offers a synthesis of this new cross disciplinary enterprise, and provides a foundation for scholars and policy makers to address the urgent needs of these globally-scaled processes. With increasing evidence of climate change, loss of biodiversity, rapid deforestation in the tropics, and an impending crisis in availability of potable water, the book argues that environmental research demands a better understanding of the complexities of current human - environment interactions. In recommending a new collaborative approach that makes environmental theories and research methods accessible across the natural and social sciences, the book outlines a mutually beneficial research agenda for all concerned."--Jacket.

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