Human Ecology

Author: Ren Wenwei
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is an excellent textbook that highlights the role of humans—their subjective agency. It emphasizes that humans have both destructive and constructive aspects, and it stresses the necessity of establishing ecological ethics through cultural adaptation. At the same time, it points out that only by following the laws of Earth's biogeochemical cycles can human society achieve sustainable development. It also believes that by applying various approaches of ecology in technological innovation, human society can improve the ecological environment and enhance its quality of life. The book is novel in content, well-balanced in detail, and provides both theoretical knowledge and many vivid case analyses. It also offers a suitable introduction to some cutting-edge research in this field.