Full Description
This book focuses on mechanisms of human adaptability. It integrates findings from ecology, physiology, social anthropology, and geography around a set of problems or constraints posed by human habitats.
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition -- Environmental Anthropology -- People in Ecosystems -- Theories of Human-Habitat Interaction -- Fundamental Concepts and Methods -- Environmental Change and Spatial Analysis -- Studies of Human Adaptability -- Human Adaptability to Arctic Zones -- Human Adaptability to High Altitudes -- Human Adaptability to Arid Lands -- Human Adaptability to Grasslands -- Human Adaptability to the Humid Tropics -- Urban Sustainability -- Urban Ecology and Urban Sustainability
