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9780131760417
This book looks at human ecology by examining the linkages between human actions and environmental inputs. A historical context traces demographic and cultural developments through a series of demographic landmarks, and provides a balance to the book's survey of recent and contemporary populations.Chapter topics include ecological concepts; demographic landmarks of a successful species; technology, development and population; and health, disease, and diet.For active participants in the world we live in, who understand that our survival of environmental and social changes depends upon a clearer understanding of populations, society, and their adaptations.Molnar, Iva M. is the author of 'Environmental Change and Human Survival Some Dimensions of Human Ecology', published 1999 under ISBN 9780131760417 and ISBN 0131760416.
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