Human Ecology Theories - 1st semester

Objectives

General characterization

Code

722170150

Credits

Responsible teacher

João Lutas Craveiro

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

None.

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.