| Autor: |
van de Meer, Freek D., Gutman, Garik, Janetos, Anthony C., Justice, Christopher O., Mustard, John F., Skole, David L., Cochrane, Mark A., Rindfuss, Ronald R., Turner, Billy Lee, Moran, Emilio F. |
| Zdroj: |
Land Change Science; 2004, p431-447, 17p |
| Abstrakt: |
What is and ought to be humankind's relationship with nature?This question has stood the test of time as an overarching intellectual and moral query confronting society and to which much research and pedagogy has been directed. The question can be traced to antiquity in western society (Glacken 1967), and has had no less profound thinkers in eastern societies. It has been recrafted in many forms following the Enlightenment, traced through such landmark concepts as noösphere and biosphere (Vernadsky 1945; Lapenis 2002), human modification of the earth (Thomas 1956; Marsh 1965), and ecosystem and biosphere function (Worster 1977; Lovelock 1988; Moran 2000; Golley 1992). These questions moved to the forefront of public concern in the 1960's American environmental movement, inspired in no small part by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962), and led such initiatives as the International Biological Programme (IBP), which took advantage of the growing capabilities of computing to carry out large-scale ecosystem studies, including a "human adaptability" component examining the genetic, physiological, and behavioral adaptations that made it possible for human populations to thrive in environments considered to be extreme (Baker and Weiner, 1966; Odumi and Pigeon, 1970; Odum 1971; Baker and Little, 1976; Jamison et al., 1978). UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme gave an even stronger role to the human dimensions of environmental concerns, especially as it has evolved today towards themes of sustainable development (www.unesco.org/mab). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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