Download or read book Global Ecology in Human Perspective written by Charles H. Southwick and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A textbook covering the study of human ecology and global ecology: ecological principles relevant to global concerns, the meaning of global change, human impact on the environment, population growth and regulation, world health, interactions of economics and ecology, and prospects of human future. The central theme of the book deals with the ways humans are altering the earth and how, in turn, these changes affect human life.