 | Ecology in Development: A Rationale for Three-dimensional Policy (UNU, 1984, 59 pages) |
 |  | Preface |
|  | The rise of human ecology |
| | A framework for discussion |
| | The choice of material |
| | The aim of this monograph |
| | Acknowledgements |
| | 1. Introductory |
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| | I. The paradox |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Ecology and development |
| | Natural and social science, pure and applied |
| | The three dimensions of Ecology |
| | Holism and selectivity in science and in common sense |
| | The essential paradox |
| | II. The process |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The subsumption of man into ecology |
| | The subsumption of ecology into the political process |
| | Ecology as a movement |
| | Ecology in administration and planning |
| | A preview of the following chapters |
| | 2. Retrospective |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | I. Assumptions |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | On ecology and human ecology |
| | On adaptation |
| | On ecosystem |
| | The problems of application |
| | II. Reorientation |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | From a static to a historical perspective |
| | From ecosystem to human use system |
| | From system to organization |
| | The argument so far |
| | Some avenues of compromise |
| | 3. Illustratory |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Desertification and development in South-West Asia: A historical perspective |
| | I. Irrigation in South-West Asia |
| | The case of the Punjab (Pakistan) |
| | Comparative situations |
| | II. Pastoralism on the iranian plateau |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The case of Iran |
| | The case of Afghanistan |
| | 4. Prospective |
| | I. A rationalization of trends |
| | II. The implications for policy and research |
| | References |
(introductory text...)
I. Assumptions
II.
Reorientation
The first step in an assessment of where we stand presently in the current of thought about our relationship with the natural environment and what we might be able to do about it is to find our bearings and develop a perspective. The best perspective for the study of a process is likely to be a historical one. In this chapter we look back over the last decade and trace some of the events that mark the gradual accretion of change in attitude. But first it will be well to review some of the basic ideas or assumptions in terms of which the slowly-changing discourse about natural resources has proceeded through the 1970s.
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