The ecosystem service concept has emphasized the role of people within socio-ecological
systems (SESs). In this paper, we review and discuss alternative ways of representing …

Land-tenure issues have been prominent forces driving deforestation and the spread of
extensive ranching as the dominant land use in Brazilian Amazonia. Southern Pará is the …

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and
disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary …

This book presents recent estimates on the rate of change of major land classes.
Aggregated globally, multiple impacts of local land changes are shown to significantly affect …

Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through
technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of …

The current text locates the anthropological study of roads within the wider context of studies
on mobility and modernity. Besides introducing the articles of this special issue of Mobilities …

The demographic, ecological, and infrastructural effects of extractive economies differ
significantly from those of productive economies. Analysis of underdevelopment in extractive …

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY REPRESENTS a new perspective on understanding the complex
historical relationship between human beings and the biosphere of earth. Contributors to …

Aim and Location We assessed the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic predictors on
deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. This region has the world's highest absolute rates of …

Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …