Описание: The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy.
Автор: Turner, Jonathan H. Maryanski, Alexandra Petersen, Anders Klostergaard Geertz, Armin W. Название: Emergence and evolution of religion ISBN: 1138080926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138080928 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5970.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all human societies? The authors of the book--each with a different background across the social sciences and humanities--assimilate conceptual leads and empirical findings from anthropology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary sociology, neurology, primate behavioral studies, explanations of human interaction and group dynamics, and a wide range of religious scholarship to construct a deeper and more powerful explanation of the origins and subsequent evolutionary development of religions than can be currently found in what is now vast literature. While explaining religion has been a central question in many disciplines for a long time, this book draws upon a much wider array of literatures to develop a robust and cross-disciplinary analysis of religion. The book remains true to its subtitle by emphasizing an array of both biological and sociocultural forms of selection dynamics that are fundamental to explaining religion as a universal institution in human societies. In addition to Darwinian selection, which can explain the biology and neurology of religion, the book outlines a set of four additional types of sociocultural natural selection that can explain fill out the explanation of why religion first emerged as an institutional system in human societies, and why it has continued to evolve over the last 200,000 years of societal evolution. These sociocultural forms of natural selection are labeled by the names of the early sociologists who first emphasized them; and these can be seen as a necessary supplement to the type of natural selection theorized by Charles Darwin. Explanations of religion that remain in the shadow cast by Darwin's great insights will, it is argued, remain narrow and incomplete when explaining a robust sociocultural phenomenon like religion.
Описание: This book is a collection of cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary studies on natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems, addressing the challenge of developing integrated knowledge from multiple disciplines. The authors explore the structure, function, and dynamic mechanisms of various systems, both natural and human-made, as well as analyze their reciprocal interactions under the concept of “coupled human-natural systems.” These interactions are used to understand feedback, nonlinearities, thresholds, time lags, legacy effects, and path dependencies, emerging across multiple spatial, temporal, and organizational scales. In other words, this book is a collection of advanced research on unique properties of natural and human-made systems, as well as human-environment dynamics, reciprocal relationships, and cross-scale interactions. The authors outline prospects on building a holistic view of social development and coherent sustainability. Among the topics covered are the following: human networks research; adaptation of local people to social and environmental challenges; coupled dynamics of socioeconomic and environmental systems; critical issues in social science climate change research; education for greater sustainability; peace, justice, and strong institutions; advances in cultural traditions and strategies for social stability; innovative development and barriers to sustainable development; economic systems in the age of digital changes and unstable external environments. The scholars analyze how more effective technologies can enhance resilience, reduce vulnerability, and minimize human impacts on natural systems, taking into consideration critical thresholds to prevent harmful feedback to human systems. The authors grasp the complexity of systems by integrating knowledge of constituent subsystems and their interactions. The framework developed by the authors is used to integrate human and natural systems for achieving greater sustainability, covering critical threats, challenges, and best governance approaches and practices. The research results obtained from studies on coupled human-natural systems are stronger, the authors argue, if compared with traditional (discipline) approaches.
Автор: Rundle, John , Klein, William , Turcotte, Don Название: Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters ISBN: 0367320495 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367320492 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book includes papers, presented at the workshop on "Reduction and Predictability of Natural Disasters" held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994, on various ways to reduce and mitigate the occurrence of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and landslides.
Автор: J. Nemec; J.M. Nigg; F. Siccardi Название: Prediction and Perception of Natural Hazards ISBN: 904814289X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048142897 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21661.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Proceedings Symposium, October 22--26, 1990, Perugia, Italy
Автор: Bunn Название: The Natural Law of Cycles ISBN: 1138516430 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138516434 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The Natural Law of Cycles assembles scientific work from different disciplines to show how research on angular momentum and rotational symmetry can be used to develop a law of energy cycles as a local and global influence
Автор: Bankoff Название: Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World ISBN: 134994856X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349948567 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Thisbook examines the dangers and the patterns of adaptation that emerge throughexposure to risk on a daily basis. By addressing the influence of environmental factors in Indian OceanWorld history, the collection reaches across the boundaries of the natural andsocial sciences, presenting case-studies that deal with a diverse range ofnatural hazards – fire in Madagascar, drought in India, cyclones and typhoons inOman, Australia and the Philippines, climatic variability, storms and flood inVietnam and the Philippines, and volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamisin Indonesia. These chapters, written by leading international historians,respond to a growing need to understand the ways in which natural hazards shapesocial, economic and political development of the Indian Ocean World, a regionof the globe that is highly susceptible to the impacts of seismic activity,extreme weather, and climate change.
Автор: Turner, Jonathan H. Название: On the Origin of Societies by Natural Selection ISBN: 1594515174 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781594515170 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Introduction I. Religion through the eyes of a biologist1. Evolution in all its facets2. The scientific approach to religion3. What do we know? What can be known?4. Understanding religion from the inside II. About evolutionary biology and the evolution of religion5. Evolution: The Modern Synthesis6. Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, epigenetics and the contingency of evolution7. Gene-culture coevolution III. Phenomenology of Paleolithic religion8. A story told backwards9. The beginning and the end: Pre-human and Neolithic religion10. Hominin pre-adaptations: Background to the evolution of religion IV. CSR: The cognitive science of religion11. Evolutionary psychology and religion12. Religious fanaticism13. Practical religion and spirituality14. Magic, religion and evolutionary ethics V. Modeling the evolutionary path to culture and religion15. Multi-level models of religious evolution16. Conclusion and outlook
Описание: This title was first published in 2002. The paramount question facing natural resource management is how to develop sustainable management approaches. Illustrated by an in-depth study of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, this volume examines the role of community in the management of natural resources along with stakeholders` rights, responsibilities and relationships to the forest.
Автор: Gregory V. Button, Mark Schuller Название: Contextualizing Disaster ISBN: 1785332805 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785332807 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 16988.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena.
Автор: Stig S. Gezelius Название: Regulation and Compliance in the Atlantic Fisheries ISBN: 9401039909 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401039901 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The cases studied can be regarded as instances of economies dependent on the harvesting of natural resources for both household and the market, and the study aims to contribute to the building of more adequate theory on the dynamics of compliance in such economies.
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