Human Ecology Theories
Code
722170150
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
João Lutas Craveiro
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The intention is that students to acquire the following skills:
1) Understanding of the classical concepts of human ecology and new concepts such as sustainability and
resilience.
2) Capacity for critical analysis of the major theoretical perspectives of ecology and human ecology of the last
century.
3) Capacity for critical understanding of the role of technology and environmental policies.
4) Competency to search, select and deepen a research topic on the interdependencies between social
systems and natural systems.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Basic Concepts on Ecology
Ecology and Human Ecology
Classical concepts (structure, competition, evolution ...)
History of human ecology (from the monism to the Chicago School)
From geographical determinism and eugenics to sociobiology
Social ecology/deep ecology
Natural Contract: the ethics of globalization
The ecological modernization
Bibliography
Buttel, F(1986) Sociologie et environnement: la lente maturation de lécologie humaine. Rev Intern. Sci. Sociales, 109:359-379
Cote, M; Nightingale, A(2012) Resilience thinking meets social theory, Situating social change in socioecological systems research. Prog Hum Geog, 36(4):475-489
Ehrlich, P. (et al) (1973) Human Ecology: problems and solutions. S. Francisco: W.H. Freeman
Hawley, A(1986) Human Ecology. A Theoretical Essay. Chicago: Univ Chicago Press
Park, R(1934) Human Ecology. The Am. Jour Sociology, XLII(1):1-15
Pires. I; Gilbert, M and Hens, L(2010) Studies in Human Ecology. House for Sci. and Tech.: Hanoi
York, R; Rosa, E. A., & Dietz, T(2010) Ecological modernization theory: theoretical and empirical challenges. The int. handb. of envir. sociology, 77-90
Young, G(1974) Human ecology as an interdisciplinary concept:A critical inquiry. Ecol. Res. 8:2-88
Young, O(et al) (2006) The globalization of socio-ecological systems:An agenda for scientific research.Global Env. Change
Teaching method
A theoretical essay in human ecology and state of the art on a specific topic to be chosen by the student with the view to studying the interdependencies between social and natural systems.
Students will be asked to deliver the written text and an oral communication in the classroom.
Evaluation method