Trends and Scope of Human Ecology

VEENA BHASIN (University of Delhi, Delhi, India) AND Charles Susanne (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium)

2010 •  Pages: 220 • Size: 180x240 • ISBN 81-85264-51-1 • Binding: Hard • 

Price: US $ 45/- Rs. 1150/-

(Special Volume of The Anthropologist - No. 5)

Biological anthropology has always been the study of human evolution and of the biological human variability, past as well as present. Anthropology is the study of the mechanisms at the origin of this variability and of factors, socioeconomic for instance, influencing this variability. It is the natural history of Man. In function of this global goal, the subtopics are numerous from growth and development to human paleontology and paleoecology, from bio-demography to primatology, from molecular anthropology to forensic anthropology, from genetical anthropology to the anthropology of nutrition, from paleopathology to human ecology. The actual globalisation is probably incompatible with a sustainable development and the tendencies of globalisation at demographical, epidemiological, environmental level generate profound changes in the biology of human populations.

CONTENTS

 

Preface

 

List of Contributors

 

M. K. Bhasin and Shampa Naga•  Ecology and Health

 

Luc Hens and Charles Susannea• Quo Vadis Human Ecology? An Analysis of Its Basic Characteristics

 

Jean Hugι and Luc Hens • Sustainability Assessment as an Interdisciplinary Approach to Improve Policy-Making: Experiences from Benin and Belgium

 

Fre Maes and Ann Van Herzele • Linking Participation to Foresight for Wanted Futures

 

Vu Van Hieu, Le Xuan Quynh, Pham Ngoc Ho and Luc Hens • Health Impact Assessment for Traffic Pollution (Particulate Matters) for Hai Phong City, Vietnam

 

Le Xuan Quynh, Vu Van Hieu, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Tran Dinh Lan and Luc Hens • Strategic Environmental Assessment for Port Areas: Application to the Ports of Hai Phong and Vung Tau in Vietnam

 

Veena Bhasin • Pastoralists of Himalayas

 

K. Adebayo, R. I. Lamboll and A. Westby • Contextualizing Environmental, Social and Behavioral Issues in the Cassava Post-harvest System in Africa

 

Dickson M. Nyariki, Vivian O. Wasonga and John K. Mworia • Ecological, Socio-economic and Livelihood Differentiation of Kenya’s Lembus Forest Proximate Communities: The Case of the Tugen and Lembus

 

Sachidananda Padhy • Pancha Yajnya (Five Sacrifices): The Scientific Philosophy of Human Ecological Responsibility Since the Vedic Age: A Review

 

Tapati Dasgupta and R. N. Chattopadhyay • Ecology and Forest Management: A Review 

 

Rajiv Pandey and Himanshu Pandey • Classification and Valuation of Green Belt Derived Ecosystem Goods and Services: A Review

 

Chandra Prakash Kala •  Enterprise Development in Medicinal Plants 

 

Veena Bhasin • Pastoral Women of Himalayas

 

Index

 

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