Human Ecology Theories
Code
722170150
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
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