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Threats to biodiversity, food shortages, urban sprawl, lessons for environmental problems that confront us today may well be found in the past. The archaeological record contains hundreds of situations in which societies developed long-term sustainable relationships with their environments, and thousands in which the relationships were destructive. The author demonstrates that much can be learned from an improved understanding of peoples who, through seemingly rational decisions, degraded their environments and threatened their own survival. By discussing archaeological case studies from around the world, from the deforestation of the Mayan lowlands to soil erosion in ancient Greece to the almost total depletion of resources on Easter Island, he reveals the long range coevolution of culture and environment and clearly shows the impact that ancient peoples had on their world. These case studies focus on four themes: habitat transformation and animal extinctions, agricultural practices, urban growth, and the forces that accompany complex society. They show that humankind's commitment to agriculture has had cultural consequences that have conditioned our perception of the environment and reveal that societies before European contact did not necessarily live the utopian existences that have been popularly supposed. Whereas most books on this topic tend to treat human societies as mere reactors to environmental stimuli, this volume shows them to be active participants in complex and evolving ecological relationships. This book demonstrates how archaeological research can provide unique insights into the nature of human stewardship of the Earth and can permanently alter the way we think about humans and the environment.

504.7 milieu --- Human ecology --- Paleoecology. --- Environmental archaeology. --- Environmental degradation --- Extinction (Biology) --- Animals --- Extirpation (Biology) --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Archaeology, Environmental --- Palaeoecology --- Environmental history --- History. --- Extinction --- Extirpation --- Environmental archaeology --- Nature --- Paleoecology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- Biology --- Extinct animals --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Archaeology --- History --- Effect of human beings on&delete& --- Methodology --- Effect of human beings on

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The conquest of the Americas was the first step on the path to globalization. Today, 500 years later, we are rapidly approaching the prophesied global village and, consequently, natural and cultural uniformity. Amidst all the literature and discussion supporting globalization, Danilo J. Anton, argues against it. He demonstrates how diversity is necessary for both natural and cultural survival. He is not against progress, rather he illustrates how the "informatics revolution" can be used to promote public participation, capture traditional knowledge, and provide new methods for the defense of the natural environment.Diversidad, Globalizacion y los Caminos de la Naturaleza is the Spanish version of Diversity, Globalization, and the Ways of Nature.

Environmental degradation. --- Biodiversity conservation. --- Human ecology --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Philosophy. --- Conservation

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At the intersection of environmental science and human biology this book deals with dry ecosystems - aridity, droughts, wind and its influence on soils and regulation - the societies affected by these ecosystems, and the inventiveness of those living under these conditions. These environments are the basis of nomad existence, of irrigated agriculture and of the first civilisations dependent on streams. Changes in the modern epoch, the ever-increasing technology and demographic development show that environmental degradation and the socio-economic situation cannot be explained by just one factor. This book tries to answer the question whether long-lasting development is possible in dry environments.

Aridization of land --- Desertification --- Desertization --- Désertification --- Woestijnvorming --- Nature --- Effect on human beings of. --- Arid regions. --- Desertification. --- Droughts. --- Environmental degradation. --- Human beings --- Effect of environment on. --- Désertification --- Effect of human beings on --- Geography. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Geology. --- Geography, general. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Atmospheric sciences --- Atmosphere --- Cosmography --- World history --- Arid regions --- Droughts --- Environmental degradation --- Effect of environment on --- Drought --- Drouth --- Drouths --- Weather --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Environmental effects on human beings --- Human ecology --- Nature and nurture --- Human beings - Effect of environment on

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Risk --- -Risk --- -Technology --- -Environmental degradation --- Industries --- -#SBIB:316.21H00 --- 316.42 --- 316.32 --- 316.32 Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Globale samenlevingsvormen --- 316.42 Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Applied science --- Arts, Useful --- Science, Applied --- Useful arts --- Industrial production --- Industry --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Theoretische sociologie: inleidingen op de huidige toestand --- individualisme --- subpolitiek --- risicomaatschappij --- nieuwe politieke cultuur --- Degradatie [Milieu] --- Degradation [Environmental ] --- Destruction [Environmental ] --- Deterioration [Environmental ] --- Dégradation de l'environnement --- Environnement [Dégradation de l' ] --- Milieuverloedering --- Vervloedering [Milieu] --- Dégradation --- Développement socioéconomique --- Concurrence économique --- economic competition --- Dégradation --- Environmental degradation --- Technology --- #SBIB:316.21H00 --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Sociology --- Economics --- Probabilities --- Profit --- Risk-return relationships --- ecologie --- Social change --- arbeid --- postmodernisme (filosofie) --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Environmental degradation. --- Environmental aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- social structure --- socioeconomic organization --- socioeconomic development --- world --- Risque --- Technologie --- Environnement --- Industrie --- Aspect social --- Aspect sociologique --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Risk - Social aspects. --- Risk - Sociological aspects. --- Industries - Environmental aspects. --- Risk - Social aspects --- Risk - Sociological aspects --- Technology - Social aspects --- Industries - Environmental aspects

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Since all-out interstate wars for the time being seem to belong to the past, con­ flict studies focus more and more on domestic conflicts. This is a broad field, not only because the arbitrary line between war and sub-war violence disap­ pears and the analyst is confronted with phenomena reaching from criminal violence and clashes between communities to violent conflicts of long duration and civil wars with massacres and genocides as their characteristics. It is also because there are so many different types of conflicts to be analyzed, so many different types of behavior to be studied, whereas there is often little informa­ tion available on what is really going on. Against the background of internal conflicts, which tend to be as protracted as diffuse in terms of time, intensity, actors, and their goals, this study aims to follow a specific pathway through the current thicket of violent circumstances. It focuses on causation patterns by exploring the causal role of the environ­ mental factor in the genesis of violent conflicts occurring today and probably even more so tomorrow. This approach, which for once does not focus on a specific level of the conflict system, on one area in the conflict geography, or on a specific category of actors, analyzes causation dynamics.

Environmental degradation --- Social conflict --- Social aspects --- Rwanda --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Climate change. --- Quality of life. --- Private international law. --- Conflict of laws. --- Social sciences. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Climate Change. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . --- Social Sciences, general. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Environment law --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Choice of law --- Conflict of laws --- Intermunicipal law --- International law, Private --- International private law --- Private international law --- Legal polycentricity --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Civil law --- Environmental aspects