Structural Human Ecology: New Essays in Risk, Energy, and Sustainability - Softcover

Thomas Dietz (editor)|Andrew Jorgenson (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874223172 ISBN 13: 9780874223170

Publisher: WSU Press, 2013

Synopsis

The desire to understand people's influence on ecosystems has inspired scientific studies and analyses of the stress individuals and communities place on the environment, human well-being, and the tradeoffs between them. As an emerging discipline, Structural Human Ecology is devoted to unlocking the dynamic links between population, environment, social organization, and technology. The new field offers cutting-edge research in risk analysis that can be used to evaluate environmental policies and thus help citizens and societies worldwide learn how to most effectively mitigate human impacts on the biosphere. The essays in this volume were presented by leading international scholars at a 2011 symposium honoring the late Dr. Eugene Rosa, then Boeing Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sociology at WSU.

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About the Author

Thomas Dietz is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy and Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research at Michigan State University.

Andrew K. Jorgenson, Ph.D., conducts comparative-international research on the political-economy and human ecology of environmental change and public health. He is professor and director of graduate studies in sociology at the University of Utah, as well as a faculty affiliate of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program and an affiliate investigator for the Institute for Policy and International Affairs. His research has been published in dozens of scholarly journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: WSU Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874223172
• ISBN 13: 9780874223170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208