Johannes Schubert

Environmental Adaptation and Eco-cultural Habitats (eBook, PDF)

A coevolutionary approach to society and nature

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this challenging and highly original book, the author tackles the dynamic relationships between physical nature and societies over time

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317374534
• Artikelnr.: 44011137

Autorenporträt

Johannes Schubert is a Research Assistant and Project Manager in the Department of Sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Ecological Determination of Behavioral Strategies
and Cultural Preferences 2.1. Rainfed Agriculture and the Advantages of
Solitary Action 2.2. Irrigation Farming and the Advantages of Cooperation
3. The Cultural Determination of Physical Nature 3.1. The Emergence of
Cultural Preferences 3.2. Cultural Stickiness and its Ambivalent Effects on
Eco-cultural Habitats 4. In a Nutshell: the Concept of Eco-cultural
Coevolution 5. Rural and Urban Paths of Environmental Adaptation and their
Metabolic Characteristics 5.1. Spatial Correspondences between Settlement
Patterns, Dwelling Technologies, Mobility, and CO2 Emissions on the
National Level (Germany) 5.2. Elective Affinities between Dwelling
Technologies, Cultural Preferences, and Social Metabolisms on the Regional
Level (Bavaria) 5.3. Self-similarities: Intraurban Patterns of Density and
Dispersion in Munich and Bolzano 5.4. The Concept of Eco-cultural Adaption
- a Robust Analytical Tool 6. Social Welfare and Flood Protection in River
Deltas 6.1. Similar Approaches for Regulating Natures and Societies 6.2.
Case Studies 6.3. Synthesis and Further Research 7. Résumé