The Evolution of Human Settlements From Pleistocene Origins to Anthropocene Prospects /

• Main Authors: Bowen, William M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gleeson, Robert E. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Urban Studies/Sociology.

This book analyzes the history and development of settlements-from the earliest periods in human history to the present day-from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective. At the foundation of the evolutionary model is the argument that the human capacity for complex communication and unique problem-solv...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Models for Thinking about Human Settlements
• 2. General Systems Theory, Evolution, and Human Settlements
• 3. Humans before Settlements
• 4. The Advent of Permanent Human Settlements
• 5. From Settlements to Civilizations.