Current trends in human ecology
By: edited by Priscila Lopes and Alpina Begossi.
Contributors: Lopes, Priscila.; Begossi, Alpina.; Society for Human Ecology. International Conference
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781443803403
Subjects: Human ecology -- Congresses; Human ecology -- Case studies -- Congresses; Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Congresses; Fisheries -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses; Case studies
Notes: "Based on the XVth SHE International Meeting held in Rio de Janeiro, October 2007"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-353) and index.
Table of contents: title: Slash-and-Burn Agriculture: A System in Transformation / Nelson N. Pedroso-Junior, Cristina Adams and Rui S. S. Murrieta; title: Climate and Culture / Susan A. Crate; title: Culture and the Natural Environment / Thomas Jerome Burns; title: Applications of Fishers' Local Ecological Knowledge to Better Understand and Manage Tropical Fisheries / Renato A. M. Silvano, Maria A. Gasalla and Shirley P. Souza; title: Ethnobotany of Artisanal Fishers / Natalia Hanazaki, Flávia Camargo Oliveira, Tatiana Mota Miranda and Nivaldo Peroni; title: Adaptation and Indigenous Knowledge as a Bridge to Sustainability / Keith D. Morrison and Simron J. Singh; title: Co-managing commons: Advancing Aquatic Resources Management in Brazil / Cristiana S. Seixas, Carolina V. Minte-Vera, Renata G. Ferreira, Rodrigo L. Moura, Isabela B. Curado, Juarez Pezutti, Ana Paula G. Thé and Ronaldo Francini B. Filho; title: Social-Ecological Systems Analysis in Coastal and Marine Areas: A Path toward Integration of Interdisciplinary Knowledge / Bernhard Glaeser, Karl Bruckmeier, Marion Glaser and Gesche Krause; title: Human Ecology and Health / Fernando Dias de Avila-Pires; title: Human-Marine Nature Interactions: What Kind of Valuing? Towards an Integrative Modelling Approach / Pierre Failler, Serge Collet and Aliou Sall; title: New Directions in Human Ecology Education / Robert Dyball, Richard J. Borden and Wolfgang Serbser.