Human Ecology

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Human Ecology

• Links the Social System to the Eco-System

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Human Ecology

• Ecology and Human Ecology
• Human Ecology
• Plant Ecology Metaphor
• Spatial and Social Organization
• Process in Which Human Organize Space
• A main issue is how a functioning community
  emerges and communities are usually the unit of
  analysis.

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Human Ecology

• Human Ecology is an Adaptive Process
• Dominance
• Invasion
• Succession
• Adaptation
• Re-emergence of Dominance

Change
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Types of Dominance

• Economic
• Cultural
• FunctionalKey Function
• Physiognomic
• Aspect

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Aspect Dominance

• Material Factors
• Natural Environment
• Built Environment

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Aspect Dominance

• Nonmaterial Factors
• Cultural factors
• Community Imagery Rhetoric
• Heritage Narratives
• Community Typifications

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The POET Model
Population
Environment
Technology
Organization
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Population

• Types of Indicators
• Overall Number of Inhabitants
• Composition
• Age
• Sex
• Race/Ethnicity

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Organization

• Types of Indicators
• History
• Government
• Economy / Key Function
• Culture
• Institutions/Organizations

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Environment

• Types of Indicators
• Ground Cover / Land Use
• Architecture
• Zoning / Planning
• Weather
• Geography
• Geology

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Technology

• Types of Indicators
• Communication
• Transportation
• Economic Inputs
• Resistance to Change