Renowned for groundbreaking work in ecology and environmental science, and for having penned two award-winning books that have shaped the field.
Traditional Agriculture in Southeast Asia
A Human Ecology Perspective
We shouldn’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Traditional knowledge and practices – products of many centuries of trial and error – are being lost as agriculture modernizes in Southeast Asia. Modern technology may offer higher yields, but traditional agriculture is ecologically sustainable.
Human Ecology
Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development
Human ecology is the study of how human social systems relate to and interact with the ecological systems on which they depend. This book introduces basic principles in an accessible, story-laden format. It explains how ecosystems are organized and function; the interactions of human social systems with them; and how social institutions and processes contribute to or conflict with sustainability. It integrates long-standing ecological principles with more recent concepts from complex systems theory. Simple diagrams, examples, and exercises make the concepts easily understood.
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