The New Ecology: Rethinking a Science for the Anthropocene

Author:   Oswald J. Schmitz
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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Pages:   256
Publication Date:   18 December 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Oswald J. Schmitz
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691182827


ISBN 10:   0691182825
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   18 December 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Engaging, informative, easy to read, and filled with good examples that explained the interdependence between natural systems and human systems. -Lisa Pike, NSTA Recommends The New Ecology underlines the essential role that humans can play in shaping what the Earth will look like in the coming century. . . This book is an excellent introduction to the new ecology. It helps us understand that we humans-and all of nature-are intertwined and that we have to work with nature for a sustainable world. And it offers hope that change is possible. -Lisa Kaaki, Arab News Featuring novel ideas communicated clearly, this book is likely to have broad appeal. . . . Conversational in tone, non-ecologists will comprehend the book easily, and ecologists will be interested in the fresh concepts. -Anna Call, ForewordReviews.com Slim, highly readable, and well-written. . . . [In The New Ecology] Schmitz has done a remarkable job weaving together threads drawn from classical ecology, economics, and environmental studies and science into a wide-ranging yet coherent whole that should serve as a blueprint for 21st century research and praxis in ecology. -Aaron M. Ellison, Ecology


Featuring novel ideas communicated clearly, [The New Ecology] is likely to have broad appeal. . . . [N]on-ecologists will comprehend the book easily, and ecologists will be interested in the fresh concepts. --Anna Call, ForewordReviews.com Slim, highly readable, and well-written. . . . [In The New Ecology] Schmitz has done a remarkable job weaving together threads drawn from classical ecology, economics, and environmental studies and science into a wide-ranging yet coherent whole that should serve as a blueprint for 21st century research and praxis in ecology. --Aaron M. Ellison, Ecology Engaging, informative, easy to read, and filled with good examples that explained the interdependence between natural systems and human systems. --Lisa Pike, NSTA Recommends The New Ecology underlines the essential role that humans can play in shaping what the Earth will look like in the coming century. . . This book is an excellent introduction to the new ecology. It helps us understand that we humans--and all of nature--are intertwined and that we have to work with nature for a sustainable world. And it offers hope that change is possible. --Lisa Kaaki, Arab News


Featuring novel ideas communicated clearly, [The New Ecology] is likely to have broad appeal. . . . [N]on-ecologists will comprehend the book easily, and ecologists will be interested in the fresh concepts. --Anna Call, ForewordReviews.com The New Ecology underlines the essential role that humans can play in shaping what the Earth will look like in the coming century. . . This book is an excellent introduction to the new ecology. It helps us understand that we humans--and all of nature--are intertwined and that we have to work with nature for a sustainable world. And it offers hope that change is possible. --Lisa Kaaki, Arab News Slim, highly readable, and well-written. . . . [In The New Ecology] Schmitz has done a remarkable job weaving together threads drawn from classical ecology, economics, and environmental studies and science into a wide-ranging yet coherent whole that should serve as a blueprint for 21st century research and praxis in ecology. --Aaron M. Ellison, Ecology Engaging, informative, easy to read, and filled with good examples that explained the interdependence between natural systems and human systems. --Lisa Pike, NSTA Recommends


Engaging, informative, easy to read, and filled with good examples that explained the interdependence between natural systems and human systems. --Lisa Pike, NSTA Recommends The New Ecology underlines the essential role that humans can play in shaping what the Earth will look like in the coming century. . . This book is an excellent introduction to the new ecology. It helps us understand that we humans--and all of nature--are intertwined and that we have to work with nature for a sustainable world. And it offers hope that change is possible. --Lisa Kaaki, Arab News Featuring novel ideas communicated clearly, this book is likely to have broad appeal. . . . Conversational in tone, non-ecologists will comprehend the book easily, and ecologists will be interested in the fresh concepts. --Anna Call, ForewordReviews.com Slim, highly readable, and well-written. . . . [In The New Ecology] Schmitz has done a remarkable job weaving together threads drawn from classical ecology, economics, and environmental studies and science into a wide-ranging yet coherent whole that should serve as a blueprint for 21st century research and praxis in ecology. --Aaron M. Ellison, Ecology


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Oswald J. Schmitz is professor of population and community ecology in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. His books include Resolving Ecosystem Complexity (Princeton).

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