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Human ecology — is an academic discipline that deals with the relationship between humans and their natural, social and created environments. Human ecology investigates how humans and human societies interact with nature and with their environment.Establishing… … Wikipedia
human ecology — ecology (def. 2). [1930 35] * * * ▪ sociology man s collective interaction with his environment. Influenced by the work of biologists on the interaction of organisms within their environments, social scientists undertook to study human… … Universalium
Ecology (disciplines) — Ecology is a broad biological science and can thus be divided into many sub disciplines using various criteria. For example, one such categorization, based on overall complexity (from the least complex to the most), is:* Behavioral ecology, which … Wikipedia
Ecology — For other uses, see Ecology (disambiguation). Ecology … Wikipedia
Human evolution — This article is about the divergence of Homo sapiens from other species. For a complete timeline of human evolution, see Timeline of human evolution. Reconstruction of Homo heidelbergensis which may be the direct ancestor of both Homo… … Wikipedia
ecology — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. conservation; ecosystem; autecology, etc. See environment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. environmental science, environmental study, environmental engineering, ecological engineering, human ecology, human… … English dictionary for students
Human behavioral ecology — (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits, behaviors, and life histories of humans in an… … Wikipedia
ecology — is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the territorial distribution and abundance of organisms. The term was first used scientifically in 1869 by the German biologist Haekel in a study of plant ecology. Darwin s theory of the… … Dictionary of sociology
Human ecosystem — Human ecosystems are complex cybernetic systems that are increasingly being used by ecological anthropologists and other scholars to examine the ecological aspects of human communities in a way that integrates multiple factors as economics, socio … Wikipedia
Human development theory — is a theory that merges older ideas from ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics. It seeks to avoid the overt normative politics of most so called green economics by justifying its theses strictly… … Wikipedia
