Human Ecology How Nature and Culture Shape Our World /

• Main Author: Steiner, Frederick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental geography.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Environmental Geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

Humans have always been influenced by natural landscapes, and always will be—even as we create ever‑larger cities and our developments fundamentally change the nature of the earth around us. In this publication, noted city planner and landscape architect Frederick Steiner encourages us to consider h...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Fundamental Principles of Human Ecology
• 2. Habitat
• 3. Community
• 4. Landscape
• 5. The Ecological Region
• 6. Nation, State, and Nation-State
• 7. The Green Chaos of the Planet
• 8. Following Nature's Lead.