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Title: Human Ecology: Following Nature's Lead by Frederick Steiner, Richard T. T. Forman ISBN: 1-55963-995-4 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good overview of a lot of ideas...
Comment: Just finished the book, and am relatively impressed by it overall, while it obviously has a few weaknesses. Steiner divides the world hierarchically into chapters, starting at the smallest human scale (habitat) and working gradually up to a global scale. The book reads like an adademic work, and Steiner continually interrupts the flow of ideas with quotes and references to the work of others. It seems like his main goal was to include as many names of people as possible in the text (nearly every paraghaph mentiones someone new). The bibliography is lengthy. That does mean that if any particular concept appeals to the reader, they know exactly where it originated, and where to go to learn more, but makes the book more challenging to read. Intellectually engaging, perhaps.
Overall, a good summary of an emerging field, along with plenty of review, critique, and synthesis of ideas. I'd recommend the book to "sustainability" types, the conservation-minded, ecologists, and (especially) city and regional planners.
His main point: We, as humans, need to consider the environment and our relation to it. Especially as pertains to our everyday life experience.
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Title: The Living Landscape: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning by Frederick R. Steiner ISBN: 0070793980 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 03 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Ecology and Design by Bart Johnson, Kristina Hill, Robert Melnick ISBN: 1559638133 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Ecological Planning: A Historical and Comparative Synthesis by Forster Ndubisi ISBN: 0801868017 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $47.00 |
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Title: Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest by Laura Pulido ISBN: 0816516057 Publisher: University of Arizona Press Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History of America's Wetlands by Ann Vileisis ISBN: 1559633158 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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