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This volume presents theoretical discussions, methodological outlines, and case-studies describing the discursive overlap of the theoretical and methodological framework of historical ecology, and the emerging sub-discipline of applied archaeology. Historical ecology is based on the recognition that humans are not only capable of modifying their environments, but that all environments on earth have already been directly or indirectly modified. This includes anthropogenic climate change, widespread deforestations, and species extinctions, but also very local alterations, the effects of which may last a few years, or may have legacies lasting centuries or more. The volume presents a range of case-studies that highlight how modern environments and landscapes have been shaped by humans, and includes outlines of the methods we can use to better understand these changes. Authors include anthropologists, archaeologists, human geographers, and historians, all of whom are focussed not just on defining human impacts in the past, but on the ways that understanding these changes can help inform contemporary practices and development policies. Some present examples of how ancient or current societies have modified their environments in sustainable ways, while others highlight practices that had unintended long-term consequences. The possibility of learning from these practices are discussed, as is the potential of using the long history of human resource exploitation as a method for building or testing models of future change. Rather than merely acting as advocates for historical data, the chapters collected here also warn of the limitations of drawing simple lessons from the history of interactions between humans and their environments, and note that doing so is potentially just as damaging as ignoring these rich sources of data

Human ecology --- Environmental archaeology --- History. --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Archeology --- World history --- Human ecology - History.

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Genk is anders. Het is geen klassieke stad. De voormalige mijnstad heeft geen ‘historisch’ centrum. Dit centrum, typisch ‘jaren 1960’, blijft een uitdaging, ondanks de recente stadsvernieuwingsoperaties. Maar Genk is vooral een lappendeken van voormalige mijndorpen, waartussen hier en daar nog wat andere wijken liggen. Genk is ook anders wanneer we naar de bevolkingssamenstelling kijken. Genk is al langer superdivers. Genk is ook anders omdat de stad, in vergelijking met andere centrumsteden, meer jonge twintigers ziet wegtrekken. Het stadsbestuur vroeg zich af hoe dat komt. Waarom verlaten die jongvolwassenen Genk? De auteurs bekeken de cijfers en vroegen aan gezinnen waarom ze Genk inruilden voor een van de randgemeenten. Opvallend is dat weinig verhuizers zich afzetten ‘tegen’ de stad. Ze gaan op zoek naar de suburbane woondroom (vrijstaande woning met tuin), maar blijven afhankelijk van Genk. En omdat Genk zo goed bereikbaar is met de auto, mag het gerust iets verder zijn.

Human ecology. Social biology --- Environmental planning --- sociale ecologie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- urbanisatie --- stedelijk leefmilieu --- Genk

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Nature protection --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Mammals --- Nepal