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Geographies of Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 67.95This informative text offers a geographical perspective on globalization. It provides a lively exploration of its spatial impacts and the distinctive contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this field. Fully up-to-date and engaging, this work: critically appraises the concept and processes of globalization from a geographical... more...
Human Ecology
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 179.99The human condition is composed of culturally mediated biology, and this dual nature is key to our understanding of human/environment interaction. This book provides a view on the interrelationship between cultural strategies and their biological outcomes. It combines an ecosystems approach with cultural anthropological behavioural concepts. more...
The Encyclopedia of Human Ecology
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 255.00Comprised of more than 600 informative entries, this work examines the interdisciplinary and complex topic of human ecology. Knowledge gathered from disciplines that study individuals and groups is blended with information about environments from various fields. more...
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00A study of the environmental history of Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific, from the time of the dinosaurs to the present day. more...
Lore
International Development Research Centre 1992; US$ 25.00Can Western science gain from an understanding of traditional knowledge? How should this knowledge be gathered? How can it make a difference in managing our natural resources? Lore breaks new ground in the study of these questions. It is the result of an unusual and important workshop. Researchers from around the globe slept on beds of spruce bows,... more...
Northeast and Midwest United States
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00An engaging, personalized look at the interplay between people and nature in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, from prehistory to the present. more...
The Nature of Design
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 19.99Ecological design is an emerging field that aims to recalibrate what humans do in the world according to how the world works as a biophysical system. This work is about starting things: an ecological design revolution that changes how we provide food, shelter and livelihood, and deal with waste. more...
The Spatial Factor in African History
BRILL 2004; US$ 81.00In this collection authors apply spatial analysis to case studies of social, economic, and political dynamics in West, Central, and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Also included is a lengthy essay re-interpreting tropical Africa, 1800-1930, using spatial theory. more...
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-based Modeling Techniques for Understanding Social and Ecological Processes
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 79.99For those addressing ecological and natural resource management problems, this volume presents a set of perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation and analytical power of GIS with agent-based modelling of evolutionary and non-linear processes and phenomena. more...
Canada and Arctic North America
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 85.00This comprehensive treatment of the environmental history of northern North America offers a compelling account of the complex encounters of people, technology, culture, and ecology that shaped modern-day Canada and Alaska. Climate change, logging, drilling, prospecting, and hunting. more...









