Human ecology : how nature and culture shape our world

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The work Human ecology : how nature and culture shape our world represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Human ecology : how nature and culture shape our world

Title remainder

how nature and culture shape our world

Statement of responsibility

Frederick Steiner

Creator

• Steiner, Frederick R
• Steiner, Frederick R

Author

• Steiner, Frederick R
• Steiner, Frederick R

Subject

• Human ecology -- Philosophy
• Human ecology

Language

eng

Summary

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 how human cultures have been shaped by natural forces, and how we might use this understanding to contribute to a future where both nature and people thrive. Human ecology is the study of the interrelationships between humans and their environment, drawing on diverse fields from biology and geography to sociology, engineering, and architecture. Steiner admirably synthesizes these perspectives through the lens of landscape architecture, a discipline that requires its practitioners to consciously connect humans and their environments. After laying out eight principles for understanding human ecology, the book's chapters build from the smallest scale of connection--our homes--and expand to community scales, regions, nations, and, ultimately, examine global relationships between people and nature

Cataloging source

GW5XE

Dewey number

304.2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

GF41

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography