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      Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems
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      Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems book

      ByDustin J. Penn, Iver Mysterud, E.O. Wilson
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2007
      eBook Published 25 October 2017
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203792650
      Pages 364
      eBook ISBN 9780203792650
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Penn, D.J., & Mysterud, I. (2007). Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems (E.O. Wilson, Ed.) (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203792650

      ABSTRACT

      The twenty-first century presents an increasing number of environmental problems, including toxic pollution, global warming, destruction of tropical forests, extinction of biological diversity, and depletion of natural resources. These environmental problems are generally due to human behavior, namely over-consumption of resources and overpopulation. Designing effective policies to address these problems requires a deep understanding of human behavior as well as ecology. This in turn requires considerations of human nature, and the evolutionary "design" of the human mind.Evolutionary research on human behavior has profound implications for the environmental sciences. The aim of this collection is to bring together a variety of chapters that show how and why. Part 1, "Human Nature and Resource Conservation," addresses environmental problems from different evolutionary perspectives. Part 2, "The Ecological Noble Savage Hypothesis," examines the notion that our environmental problems are due to Western culture, and that our ancestors and people in indigenous societies lived in harmony with nature until the corrupting influences of Western culture. Part 3, "The Tragedy of the Commons," explores the conservation of common-pool or open-access natural resources, such as fisheries, forests, grazing lands, freshwater, and clean air. Part 4, "The Evolution of Discounting and Conspicuous Consumption," looks at the problem of explaining why people are so ecologically short-sighted and why people in developed countries consume so many resources. Part 5, "Overpopulation and Fertility Declines," addresses the evolution of human reproductive decisions. Part 6, "Biophilia," aims to explain why people cherish nature as well as destroy it.The goal of this volume is to introduce environmental thinkers to evolutionary perspectives on human behavior, and the new interdisciplinary sciences of evolutionary psychology and behavioral ecology. This reader aims to help bridge

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |8 pages

      Introduction

      The Evolutionary Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
      ByDustin J. Penn, Iver Mysterud

      part 1|1 pages

      Human Nature and Resource Conservation

      chapter 1|21 pages

      Human Behavioural Ecology and Environmental Conservation

      ByJoel T. Heinen, Roberta (“Bobbi”) S. Low

      chapter 2|22 pages

      The Evolved Psychological Apparatus of Human Decision-Making is One Source of Environmental Problems

      ByMargo Wilson, Martin Daly, Stephen Gordon

      part 2|1 pages

      The Ecological Noble Savage Hypothesis

      chapter 3|13 pages

      Game Conservation or Efficient Hunting?

      ByRaymond Hames

      chapter 4|14 pages

      Behavioral Ecology of Conservation in Traditional Societies

      ByBobbi S. Low

      chapter 5|24 pages

      Evolutionary Ecology and Resource Conservation

      ByMichael S. Alvard

      part 3|1 pages

      The Tragedy of the Unmanaged Commons

      chapter 6|3 pages

      The Tragedy of the Unmanaged Commons

      ByGarrett Hardin

      chapter 7|20 pages

      Closing the Commons

      Cooperation for Gain or Restraint? 1
      ByLore M. Ruttan

      chapter 8|12 pages

      Revisiting the Commons

      Local Lessons, Global Challenges
      ByElinor Ostrom, Joanna Burger, Christopher B. Field, Richard B. Norgaard, David Policansky

      chapter 9|16 pages

      Grassland Conservation and the Pastoralist Commons

      ByMonique Borgerhoff Mulder, Lore M. Ruttan

      part 4|1 pages

      The Evolution of Discounting and Conspicuous Consumption

      chapter 10|7 pages

      Conserving Resources For Children

      ByAlan R. Rogers

      chapter 11|4 pages

      Two Truths about Discounting and Their Environmental Consequences

      ByNorman Henderson, William J. Sutherland

      chapter 12|14 pages

      Sex Differences in Valuations of the Environment?

      ByMargo Wilson, Martin Daly, Stephen Gordon, Adelle Pratt

      chapter 13|18 pages

      The Evolution of Magnanimity

      When is It Better to Give than to Receive?
      ByJames L. Boone

      part 5|1 pages

      Overpopulation and Fertility Declines

      chapter 14|17 pages

      Evolutionary Economics of Human Reproduction

      ByAlan R. Rogers

      chapter 15|18 pages

      More Status or More Children? Social Status, Fertility Reduction, and Long-Term Fitness

      ByJames L. Boone, Karen L. Kessler

      chapter 16|12 pages

      The Demographic Transition

      Are We Any Closer to an Evolutionary Explanation?
      ByMonique Borgerhoff Mulder

      part 6|1 pages

      Biophilia

      chapter 17|9 pages

      Biophilia and the Conservation Ethic

      ByEdward O. Wilson

      chapter 18|22 pages

      Human Behavioral Ecology

      140 Years without Darwin is Too Long
      ByGordon H. Orians

      chapter |16 pages

      Conclusion: Integrating the Biological and Social Sciences to Address Environmental Problems

      ByIver Mysterud, Dustin J. Penn
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