The paper includes the following chapters : 1. Political ecology : all things to all people ? 2. Issues, narratives and epistemologies. 3. Disjunctures. 4. Cartography of political ecology. 5. Analytical narratives for political ecology. 6. Post
Concept ; Denmark ; Ecology ; Geographic school ; Geography ; Human ecology ; Land use ; Landscape ; Landscape structure ; Sustainable development
The tradition of geography as human ecology introduced to Danish geography by Sofus Christiansen is taken as a departure for an evaluation of present endeavour to promote geography as landscape ecology. The modest role in human ecology of human
adaptation to landscape structure and dynamics is stressed. The challenge for geography in the development of a transdisciplinary landscape ecology as foundation for the planning and management of landscape ecological aspects of local and regional
On the ecology and history of an inland occurrence of Triglochin maritima L.
Ecology ; Finland ; Flora inventory ; Palaeo-ecology ; Palynology ; Peat bog ; Salinity ; Swamp ; Vegetation
the coastal sites of the plant. However there are differences between the coastal and inland growing sites : electrolyte content, chemical analyses of the plants. Thus the occurrence in Kuusamo poses several ecological and palaeoecological problems.
A political ecology for Developing Countries ? Progress and paradox in the evolution of a research field
Developing countries ; Human ecology ; Radical geography ; Research
, I suggest that the preoccupation of many scholars with politicising the natural has rightly privileged the political in the uneven emergence of a global socionature, but in doing so, has raised troubling questions about the proper place of ecology
in political ecology. Finally, the radical pretensions of the field are considered in order to show how political ecologists have shown through their work the need for radical change even as they have yet to specify the contours of an alternative social
and ecological praxis. I conclude by briefly considering what the paradoxe of this research field might mean in terms of future challenges for political ecology. - (L'A.).
Exploring the entry points for political ecology in the international research agenda on global environmental change
In this paper, it is tried to identify and explore in further detail some major entry points for the newly emerging field of political ecology in the Land-Use/Cover change (LUCC) research agenda. - (MT)
Mediterranean agriculture - an agro-ecological strategy
The Mediterranean region is an area of heterogeneity. Consequently the Mediterranean agriculture is an agro-ecological strategy, an adjustment to particular climatic conditions in Mediterranean zones. In traditional agriculture the components could
Patterns of ecological change, notably increased bush dominance, have been linked to increased cattle-grazing intensity, but it remains contentious whether these changes represent land degradation. Given the inherent ecological variability
of drylands, the AA. argue that degradation assessments should be based, not on ecological observations alone, but on the study of long-term changes in pastoral production figures and on changes in the ecologically determining factors of soil water and soil
A preliminary study on ecological water demand estimation in the arid region - a case in the Qaidam Basin
This paper emphasized the relationship between environment and water, taking ecological demand water (EWD) in the Qaidam Basin, an inner basin in northwestern China, as a key issue to discuss based on landscape mapping. First, the spatial
heterogeneity of ecosystem can be reflected well by landscape pattern; landscape patterns adjust closely with environmental changes; finally, water condition is the key ecological factor for landscape pattern in the arid region. The landsat TM image of 1:100,000
Comparison of the sequence of pollen associations of soil profiles with pollen zones of reference diagrams offers palyno-ecological information, relevant for reconstruction of landscape ecological development. Interpretation of soil pollen
ENSO-related phenomena at long-term ecological research sites
The A. outlines a framework for investigating and discussing climate variability and ecosystem response. He reviews some of the earlier findings related to El Niños and Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Then, he performs an analysis
The recent (September 1997 to June 1998) forest fires in Indonesia represent an unprecedented ecological disaster. This article describes recent events, evaluates the possible natural and human causes of the fires, and surveys the possible
implications in terms of economics, health and ecology.
The AA. will discern the differences between ecological regionalization and physiogeographical division or regionalization of single geographical variable. They illustrate the dependence of eco-regionalization on theoretical basis, discuss
Adaptation ; Archaeology ; Archeological site ; Drought ; Holocene ; Human occupation ; North America ; Palaeo-ecology ; Palaeo-environment
on the archaeological record from this period; and then to identify broad spatial and temporal trends in human adaptations of this period, and assess the manner in which foragers responded to those climatic, ecological, and hydrological conditions.