Human Systems Ecology: Studies in the Integration of Political Economy, Adaptation, and Socionatural Regions

ISBN-13: 9780367006990 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 244 str.

Sheldon Smith

Opis

This book presents nine case studies which illustrate an approach to the interface between human ecology, political economy, and adaptive decision making. It summarizes strands of theory which have contributed to the development of a "human systems ecology'' perspective on socionatural regions.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Ecology, Irrigation, and the State in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico -- The Struggle for Autonomy: Irrigation and Power in Highland Peru -- Market Places, Market Channels, Market Strategies: Levels for Analysis of a Regional System -- The Context of the Cotton/Cereal Equation in Burkina Faso1 -- The Ecology of Farm Management in a Swampland Region of Indonesia -- Local Production, Regional Articulations, and the Small Farmer in Swaziland -- The National and Regional Context of Local Level Agricultural Strategies: The Case of Small Holders in Northeastern Iran -- Horizontal and Vertical Linkages in Highland Antioquia, Colombia: The Architecture of the Landscape1 -- The Political Economy of Agricultural Growth and Rural Transformation in Honduras and Mexico