Emilio F. Moran

Environmental Social Science (eBook, PDF)

Human - Environment interactions and Sustainability

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Environmental Social Science offers a new synthesis of environmental studies, defining the nature of human-environment interactions and providing the foundation for a new cross-disciplinary enterprise that will make critical theories and research methods accessible across the natural and social sciences. * Makes key theories and methods of the social sciences available to biologists and other environmental scientists * Explains biological theories and concepts for the social sciences community working on the environment * Helps bridge one of the difficult divides in collaborative work in human-environment research * Includes much-needed descriptions of how to carry out research that is multinational, multiscale, multitemporal, and multidisciplinary within a complex systems theory context

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444319064
• Artikelnr.: 38309454

Autorenporträt

Emilio F. Moran is Distinguished Professor and Rudy Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Environmental Sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author of Through Amazonian Eyes: the human ecology of Amazonian Populations (1993), Human Adaptability, 3rd Edition (2007), and People and Nature (2006, Blackwell).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface

1 The Challenge of Human-Environment InteractionsResearch

2 Theories and Concepts from the Social Sciences

3 Theories and Concepts from the Biological Sciences

4 Spatially-Explicit Approaches

5 Multi-Scale and Multi-temporal Analysis

6 Bio-complexity in Ecological Systems

7 Environmental Decision-Making

8 Towards Sustainability Science

Bibliography

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Preface 1 The Challenge of Human
Environment Interactions Research 2 Theories and Concepts from the Social Sciences 3 Theories and Concepts from the Biological Sciences 4 Spatially
Explicit Approaches 5 Multi
Scale and Multi
temporal Analysis 6 Bio
complexity in Ecological Systems 7 Environmental Decision
Making 8 Towards Sustainability Science Bibliography

Rezensionen

"This work represents an impressive bridge between social andnatural science. For anyone interested in the development of acomprehensive environmental science." (Choice , 1 April 2011)

"Thanks to its capacity of surfing across natural and socialsciences, Moran's work will at minimum help scholars from bothsides to create bridges across the gap that still separates them;something that can already be seen as a non-trivial result."(Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, July2010)"This transformative book addresses the foundational theoriesand methods essential to both social and biophysical fields inhuman-environment research, promoting familiarity with -- andaccessibility to -- research crossing traditional disciplinarybounds. Destined to become a key text within coupled human-naturalsystems research by exploring the complex problems that ourenvironment faces, this book underscores that those challenges canbe successfully addressed only through interdisciplinary researchteams; this work will be an integral component of educating futureinterdisciplinary researchers."
--Jane Southworth, University of Florida

"In the nick of time at the dawn of the era of greatenvironmental challenge: a work that encompasses the full array ofrelevant sciences...fundamental to lasting solutions"
--Thomas E. Lovejoy, The Heinz Center for Science,Economics and the Environment

"Professor Moran gives scientists the tools to attack themost critical environmental challenges - those involving therelations between people and the environment"
--David E. Blockstein, National Council for Science and theEnvironment

"The book fills an incredibly important gap. Emilio Moranprovides a remarkably comprehensive coverage of the fundamentalscience that underpins the analysis of coupled human-environmentsystems. It's a must read for researchers working in the emergingfield of sustainability science."
--Pamela Matson, Stanford University

"A superb overview of the emerging field of sustainabilityscience. Readers will enjoy his clear writing, engaging examplesand effective answers to real-world problems."
--Ben Orlove, University of California, Davis