Biblioteca / 1990-1999
Yrjö Haila – Richard Levins. Humanity and Nature. Ecology, Science, and Society.
Londres: Pluto Press, 1992.
270 páginas.
Contents
Preface: The Multiple Faces of Ecology
1 – What Program can Ecology set for Society?
2 – Ecological Patterns
Kevo: Life in the Subarctic
The Taiga
Human Intervention in Northern Nature
Ecological Complexity
Qualitative Models
System Dynamics
Large-scale Ecological Theory
3 – Practicing Ecology
Research Practice: Working in the Field
Theoretical Practice
Data and Theory
Language and Reification
The Burden of Traditions
Social Practice
4 – Health as Part of the Ecosystem
Infectious Disease
Non-infectious Disease
A Biosocial Model of Individual Health
5 – Agricultural Ecology
The Critique of Modern Agriculture
Developmentalism
The Design of Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Regional Agroecology
National Level Agriculture
6 – Social History of Nature
How does Nature Change?
Ecohistorical Periods
Ecohistorical Formations
7 – Political Ecology?
Defining Ecological Problems
Nature: Appropiation Versus Appreciation?
Perspectives for Action
Red and Green
Bibliography