Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.4225/13/5821372EBE041
J. McGee
{"title":"Review of The Tragedy of the Commodity: Oceans, Fisheries, and Aquaculture","authors":"J. McGee","doi":"10.4225/13/5821372EBE041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4225/13/5821372EBE041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70433140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.4225/13/5821377dbbd62
Federico Davila
{"title":"Review of Sustainable food systems: building a new paradigm","authors":"Federico Davila","doi":"10.4225/13/5821377dbbd62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4225/13/5821377dbbd62","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70433157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.4225/13/582139FD0116E
Jennifer E. Givens
{"title":"Book Review: Environmental sociology: the ecology of late modernity","authors":"Jennifer E. Givens","doi":"10.4225/13/582139FD0116E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4225/13/582139FD0116E","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70433208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.07
Jennifer E. Givens
Previous research in macro comparative environmental sociology analyzes both environmental and human well-being outcomes of urbanization. The carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB) concept simultaneously measures environmental and human well-being. Here I ask how various types of urbanization, an underexplored concept in the CIWB research, contributes differently to the CIWB of nations. Using longitudinal two-way fixed effects Prais-Winsten regression models for the years 1990–2011 for 78 countries, I find that level of development and urbanization are associated with higher CIWB, as are the percentage of urban populations with access to improved water and sanitation; conversely, urban slum prevalence is associated with lower CIWB. Comparing more versus less developed countries, I find the results are especially robust for lower-income countries. I also find that overall population access to water and sanitation is associated with lower CIWB. The findings suggest directions for sustainable development that take into account different forms of urbanization and both rural and urban population well-being.
{"title":"Urbanization, Slums, and the Carbon Intensity of Well-being: Implications for Sustainable Development","authors":"Jennifer E. Givens","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.07","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research in macro comparative environmental sociology analyzes both environmental and human well-being outcomes of urbanization. The carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB) concept simultaneously measures environmental and human well-being. Here I ask how various types of urbanization, an underexplored concept in the CIWB research, contributes differently to the CIWB of nations. Using longitudinal two-way fixed effects Prais-Winsten regression models for the years 1990–2011 for 78 countries, I find that level of development and urbanization are associated with higher CIWB, as are the percentage of urban populations with access to improved water and sanitation; conversely, urban slum prevalence is associated with lower CIWB. Comparing more versus less developed countries, I find the results are especially robust for lower-income countries. I also find that overall population access to water and sanitation is associated with lower CIWB. The findings suggest directions for sustainable development that take into account different forms of urbanization and both rural and urban population well-being.","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68728549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.08
J. Sommer, John M. Shandra, Michael Restivo, Carol K. Coburn
We examine the impact of access to an improved water source and sanitation facility on maternal and neo-natal mortality. We analyze data from a sample of 32 Sub-Saharan African nations from 1990 to 2005 using a two-way fixed effects regression model. We find that access to both improved water and sanitation facilities are associated with decreased maternal and neo-natal mortality. We also consider other structural barriers or facilitators of good reproductive health and find that International Monetary Fund structural adjustment, gross domestic product per capita, female educational attainment, and conflict intensity are related to maternal and neo-natal mortality. We conclude by talking about the theoretical implications, methodological implications, policy suggestions, and directions for future research.
{"title":"Water, Sanitation, and Health in Sub‑Saharan Africa: A Cross-national Analysis of Maternal and Neo-natal Mortality","authors":"J. Sommer, John M. Shandra, Michael Restivo, Carol K. Coburn","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.08","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the impact of access to an improved water source and sanitation facility on maternal and neo-natal mortality. We analyze data from a sample of 32 Sub-Saharan African nations from 1990 to 2005 using a two-way fixed effects regression model. We find that access to both improved water and sanitation facilities are associated with decreased maternal and neo-natal mortality. We also consider other structural barriers or facilitators of good reproductive health and find that International Monetary Fund structural adjustment, gross domestic product per capita, female educational attainment, and conflict intensity are related to maternal and neo-natal mortality. We conclude by talking about the theoretical implications, methodological implications, policy suggestions, and directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68729215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.04
S. Longo, Richard York
In recent decades there has been considerable optimism that information communication technologies may lead to structural transformations of production, consumption, and transportation systems, helping to reduce energy consumption. Here we analyze the effects of information communication technologies on energy production and consumption as well as on the number of cars used in nations, analyzing data for 1990–2012. We find that the prevalence of landline phones is positively associated with higher levels of energy and electricity production and consumption, that the extent of Internet use is positively associated with the number of cars on the road, and the ubiquity of cell phones is not associated with the number of cars or with electricity or total energy production and consumption. These findings suggest that information communication technologies have not typically contributed to environmental reform and, in fact, may have exacerbated some environmental problems.
{"title":"How Does Information Communication Technology Affect Energy Use","authors":"S. Longo, Richard York","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.04","url":null,"abstract":"In recent decades there has been considerable optimism that information communication technologies may lead to structural transformations of production, consumption, and transportation systems, helping to reduce energy consumption. Here we analyze the effects of information communication technologies on energy production and consumption as well as on the number of cars used in nations, analyzing data for 1990–2012. We find that the prevalence of landline phones is positively associated with higher levels of energy and electricity production and consumption, that the extent of Internet use is positively associated with the number of cars on the road, and the ubiquity of cell phones is not associated with the number of cars or with electricity or total energy production and consumption. These findings suggest that information communication technologies have not typically contributed to environmental reform and, in fact, may have exacerbated some environmental problems.","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68728682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.06
Andrew K. Jorgenson, J. Schor, Xiaorui Huang, J. Fitzgerald
{"title":"Income Inequality and Residential Carbon Emissions in the United States: A Preliminary Analysis","authors":"Andrew K. Jorgenson, J. Schor, Xiaorui Huang, J. Fitzgerald","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68728349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.01
Thomas Dietz, Andrew K. Jorgenson
{"title":"Introduction: Progress in structural human ecology","authors":"Thomas Dietz, Andrew K. Jorgenson","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"22 1","pages":"3-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68728510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.02
T. J. Burns, T. Rudel
While its processes have been unfolding for centuries, some aspects of human interaction with the natural environment are unprecedented. In recent centuries, the world has experienced unparalleled technological change, wealth accumulation and population growth and concentration; these have led to extraordinary levels of other problems, particularly environmental degradation. Focusing on mismatches between the adaptive cycle and the organization of the world economy, we examine material and cultural changes that lead to social and ecological devastation. We apply our theoretical framework to one of the largest ecological and social catastrophes since the Industrial Revolution—the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s. There are a number of lessons, particularly in terms of the relations of production and humankind’s connection with the natural environment. It is now as important as ever to learn from past mistakes and modify current modes of theory and analysis as history moves into the Third Millennium.
{"title":"Metatheorizing Structural Human Ecology at the Dawn of the Third Millennium","authors":"T. J. Burns, T. Rudel","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.02","url":null,"abstract":"While its processes have been unfolding for centuries, some aspects of human interaction with the natural environment are unprecedented. In recent centuries, the world has experienced unparalleled technological change, wealth accumulation and population growth and concentration; these have led to extraordinary levels of other problems, particularly environmental degradation. Focusing on mismatches between the adaptive cycle and the organization of the world economy, we examine material and cultural changes that lead to social and ecological devastation. We apply our theoretical framework to one of the largest ecological and social catastrophes since the Industrial Revolution—the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s. There are a number of lessons, particularly in terms of the relations of production and humankind’s connection with the natural environment. It is now as important as ever to learn from past mistakes and modify current modes of theory and analysis as history moves into the Third Millennium.","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68728591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-21DOI: 10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.03
Thomas Dietz, Richard York
Taking serious consideration of the engagement of non-animals in human-society often transforms our understanding of human society. Here we offer insights that come from considering the role of non-human animals in the production of human well-being. Drawing on Braverman’s critique of the deskilling of labor, we examine the effects of the drive for efficiency in capitalist production on both humans and non-human animals. Non-human animals provide well-being through their role in ecosystem services, as companions, as objects used as both raw materials and as processors of raw materials, and as labor. The drive for efficiency impacts all four of these roles, especially by reducing the agency of non-human animals. Our analysis suggests several lines for future research, and re-enforces the idea that taking non-human animals seriously can substantially hone thinking in human ecology.
{"title":"Animals, Capital and Sustainability","authors":"Thomas Dietz, Richard York","doi":"10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/HER.22.01.2015.03","url":null,"abstract":"Taking serious consideration of the engagement of non-animals in human-society often transforms our understanding of human society. Here we offer insights that come from considering the role of non-human animals in the production of human well-being. Drawing on Braverman’s critique of the deskilling of labor, we examine the effects of the drive for efficiency in capitalist production on both humans and non-human animals. Non-human animals provide well-being through their role in ecosystem services, as companions, as objects used as both raw materials and as processors of raw materials, and as labor. The drive for efficiency impacts all four of these roles, especially by reducing the agency of non-human animals. Our analysis suggests several lines for future research, and re-enforces the idea that taking non-human animals seriously can substantially hone thinking in human ecology.","PeriodicalId":46896,"journal":{"name":"Human Ecology Review","volume":"22 1","pages":"35-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2015-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68728623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}