G. AINSWORTH HARRISON (University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.)
1991 • Pages: 104 • Size: 180 x 240 mm • ISBN 81-85264-04-X • Binding: Hard •
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(Human Ecology Special Issue No. 1)
Establishing the criteria of ecological success is a complex and difficult proceeding, liable to generate as much heat as light. The editors board of the Journal of Human Ecology and its Special Editor Geoffrey Harrison, therefore deserve medals for bravery in entering a contentious field at the interface between science and public policy. This book demonstrates the problems of defining success in ways that are acceptable to both scientists and the lay public, and it should serve as a basis for discussion between them for some time to come. Harrison's special journal issue has been published at a most opportune time and should be widely read.
–HUMAN BIOLOGY (U.S.A.)
CONTENTS
Preface
G. Ainsworth Harrison: Introduction David Coleman: Population Growth—Ecological Success or Development Handicap? C.A. Weitz, A. Basu, R. Gupta and I.G. Pawson: Demographic Changes and Modernisation
Among The Sherpas of Nepal in an Ecological Context Paul T. Baker: Human Adaptation Theory : Success, Failures and Prospects G.A. Harrison and G. Brush: Environmental Quality as Expressed in Child Growth Igor De Garine: Ecological Success in Perspective Karen K. Gual and R. Brooke Thomas: Indigenous Perspectives: Ecology, Economy and
Ethics Stephen V. Boyden: Facing up to Ecological Realities: A Biohistorical Perspective
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