Human Ecology

Departments and Academic Units Over the past decade, the College of Human Ecology has experienced phenomenal enrollment growth and development with new students, facilities and degree programs. Today s college boasts more than 3, undergraduate and graduate students, making it one of the largest colleges…

Editor in Chief: Prof. Walter Leal Filho ISSN online: 1741-5004 ISSN print: 1462-4605 4 issues per year Subscription price IJARGE proposes and fosters discussion on the evolution and governance of agricultural resources, with emphasis on the implications that policy choices have on both the welfare of…

Abstract Grandparent-headed households have increased over 60% since the beginning of this decade (Children s Defense Fund, 1997), and predictions are that this family type will continue to increase dramatically. Substance abuse, incarceration, mental and physical illness, teenage pregnancy and welfare…

This waterway, 1, 200 miles in length, is the lifeblood of a watershed stretching over 259, square miles across international, provincial and state borders. No nation, state or industry can lay sole claim to this great river’s bounty because it transcends geopolitical boundaries and authority. Millions…

Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation , a book series launched by Springer Academic in 2005, publishes cutting-edge work on the bio-social processes of adaptation and human-environmental dynamics. Human ecology, a broad perspective, views the biological, environmental, demographic, and technological…

Uniquely and artfully designed by Wei Dong, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Interior Architecture, Harmonious Spaces is an experiential exhibition that immerses visitors in a multi-sensory, spatial experience of feng shui. Directed paths of travel incorporate material, forms, sounds and…

This issue of Partners in Social Change explores the ecological model of health behavior. As the word ecological implies, this structural model explores the relationship between human behavior and the environment. The beauty of the model lies in its assertion that our natural environment includes not…

Author: Urie Bronfenbrenner and Pamela A. Morris Organisation: Handbook of Child Psychology Method: Creative thinking Theme: Public Good Type: Other publication Language: English Tags: Bioecological, Context, Macrosystem, Microsystem, Person, Proximal processes, Time The bioecological model is an evolving…

The sciences pursued without any restraint & in a spirit of blindest laissez-faire, are shattering & dissolving all firmly held belief The world has never been more worldly, never poorer in love & goodness. Friedrich Nietche (Untimely Meditations) Classic science, or to give…