The Evolution Of Human Settlements

Author : William M. Bowen,Robert E. Gleeson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319950341

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The Evolution of Human Settlements by William M. Bowen,Robert E. Gleeson Pdf

This book analyzes the history and development of settlements—from the earliest periods in human history to the present day—from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective. At the foundation of the evolutionary model is the argument that the human capacity for complex communication and unique problem-solving ability have led to the formation and reality of the modern city and its scaled-up megacity status. While evolutionary theory forms the platform for the book’s argument, general systems theory provides the operational framework for the organization and interpretations of each chapter. Throughout the book, the authors tackle various issues, questions, and possibilities regarding the future development and evolution of human settlements.

Author : Andrew Taylor,Dean B. Carson,Prescott C. Ensign,Lee Huskey,Rasmus Ole Rasmussen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784711962

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Settlements at the Edge by Andrew Taylor,Dean B. Carson,Prescott C. Ensign,Lee Huskey,Rasmus Ole Rasmussen Pdf

Settlements at the Edge examines the evolution, characteristics, functions and shifting economic basis of settlements in sparsely populated areas of developed nations. With a focus on demographic change, the book features theoretical and applied cases which explore the interface between demography, economy, well-being and the environment. This book offers a comprehensive and insightful knowledge base for understanding the role of population in shaping the development and histories of northern sparsely populated areas of developed nations including Alaska (USA), Australia, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland and other nations with territories within the Arctic Circle.

Author : Fiona Coward,Robert Hosfield,Matt Pope,Francis Wenban-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781107026889

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Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution by Fiona Coward,Robert Hosfield,Matt Pope,Francis Wenban-Smith Pdf

This volume provides a narrative of early hominin evolution, linking material aspects of the early archaeological record with social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes.

Author : R. B. Mandal
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Bihar (India)
ISBN : 8170228123

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Introduction to Rural Settlements by R. B. Mandal Pdf

Study relates chiefly to the Bihar plain.

Author : Fiona Coward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Cognition and culture
ISBN : 1316214761

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Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution by Fiona Coward Pdf

This volume provides a narrative of early hominin evolution, linking material aspects of the early archaeological record with social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes.

Author : Fiona Susan Coward,Robert Hosfield,Matthew Pope (Archaeologist),Francis F. Wenban-Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 1316214966

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Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution by Fiona Susan Coward,Robert Hosfield,Matthew Pope (Archaeologist),Francis F. Wenban-Smith Pdf

"This volume provides a landscape narrative of early hominin evolution, linking conventional material and geographic aspects of the early archaeological record with wider and more elusive social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes. It seeks to move beyond a limiting notion of early hominin culture and behavior as dictated solely by the environment to present the early hominin world as the outcome of a dynamic dialogue between the physical environment and its perception and habitation by active agents. This international group of contributors presents theoretically informed yet empirically based perspectives on hominin and human landscapes"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : City planning
ISBN : LCCN:74164526

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Human Settlements by Anonim Pdf

Author : Binyi Liu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9811991448

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The Trialism and Application of Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Studies by Binyi Liu Pdf

This book studies human settlements in China in terms of Human Settlements Trialism in 5 typical human settlement types: river valleys, water networks, hills, plains, and arid areas. Focusing on 3 elements of Trialism-(1) natural and constructed environments, resources, and visual landscapes in human settlements background; (2) survival strategies, customs, culture, and values in human settlements activity; and (3) the layout of time and space as well as the planning and design of the urban, the country, and the wilderness in human settlements construction-the book analyzes the evolution of human settlements and predicts future trends. Presenting academic researchers and graduate students in various fields with insights from landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture, geography, forestry, art, and psychology, the study discusses the principles of interactive physiological thinking and systematically theoretical philosophy related to professional physiology, planning and design principles, and traditional and modern methods and technologies in urban and rural construction. The innovative multi-discipline study promotes the planning and design of 5 types of human settlement, which is helpful to the judgment of value, activity rule, and living style of human settlements, and also discusses the development of human settlements in the new millennium.

Author : Fiona Susan Coward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Cognition and culture
ISBN : 1108435203

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Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution by Fiona Susan Coward Pdf

This volume provides a narrative of early hominin evolution, linking material aspects of the early archaeological record with social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes.

Author : Jianfeng Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811513732

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Study of Ecological Engineering of Human Settlements by Jianfeng Zhang Pdf

This book analyzes the theory of ecological engineering of human settlements and provides case studies on the improvement of degraded lands and vegetation restoration, especially focusing on saline-alkali land, abandoned land, water source areas, and the impact of green belts on noise and air quality on the highways. In addition, it discusses the issue of biodiversity conservation strategies in rural landscape construction and demonstrates experiment measurement and field survey methods. The results obtained are supplemented by numerical calculations, presented in the form of tables and figures. As the first monograph on this subject, the book provides a wealth of ideas and resources for researchers, professionals and practitioners in the field of human settlements.

Author : Saiyad Hasan Ansari
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Human settlements
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements by Saiyad Hasan Ansari Pdf

Author : Zhou Zhengxu
Publisher : Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788833650050

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Mountainous Human Settlements in Guizhou by Zhou Zhengxu Pdf

The research presented in this book examines Guizhou ethnic minority settlements located in the eastern part of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, in the southwest of China. The specificity and the relevance of these settlements, therefore, refers to a combination of anthropological, architectural, environmental issues. Guizhou is a province of ethnic groups since thousands of years engaged in farming or semi-nomadic production. These ethnic minority settlements were self contained and balanced communities which gradually developed their own specific and unique culture of farming, settling and inhabiting. As many precious and valuable historical human settlements still standing around the world, whose architecture and urban features are not easily replicable for culture, skills, social and economic conditions, the Guizhou ethnic minority settlements are tangible architectural heritage – including intangible values – experiencing high risks due to their unavoidable physical decay, demography, urban development pressure.

Author : John F. Hoffecker
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0813534690

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A Prehistory of the North by John F. Hoffecker Pdf

Annotation Early humans did not drift north from Africa as their ability to cope with cooler climates evolved. Settlement of Europe and northern Asia occurred in relatively rapid bursts of expansion. This study tells the complex story, spanning almost two million years, of how humans inhabited some of the coldest places on earth.

Author : Nadim Ahmed
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781504958332

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Socio-Cultural Harmonic Human Settlements and Urbanization by Nadim Ahmed Pdf

Societies were formed in order to give man an opportunity to maximize and enjoy the fruits of individual successes and fulfillment of individual self-goals, where man started to live in families, neighborhoods, and communities, which then transformed into social setups. Scientific advancements and invention of currencies made this possible for man to produce and exchange goods and other commodities in huge quantities to fulfill the human desires and accomplish goals. This gave rise to large numbers of production and commercial centers to produce and trade commodities and other products. Nationalism and globalization added new dimensions to human settlements and related issues and problems At this point in history, human dwellings became vast, and societies grew into huge urban areas, losing their meaning of being societies and their very essential and basic components got mixed up in disorderly manners, thus causing tremendous amount of energies wasted, as well as the fabric of human-to-human and human-to-nature relations torn apart, causing human beings denied happiness and various types of psychological and mental pains and stresses Socio-Cultural Harmonic Human Settlements and Urban Planning can solve this issue, because this type of urban planning is based on social and cultural aspects and elements of human living. As urban domain is the action ground of societies, therefore, urban areas must be created based on the basic principles on which societies have evolved. All a man does in a society is the social activity; each and every social activity has a specific type or related required social energy level; hence, all social activities must be classified based on the above mentioned principle. These classified social activities must be assigned to specific social activity hubs. These hubs must be placed spatially in a harmonic fashion. This is the only way human settlements may have the much lost happiness returned back and also optimal social energy consumption without any negative social impacts.

Author : Yong Zhou
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781483138138

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Human Settlements by Yong Zhou Pdf

Human Settlements: An Annotated Bibliography is an annotated bibliography on human settlements and includes books, journal articles, reports, and documents. Documents from Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements with National Reports are arranged alphabetically by country, along with other Conference documents. This book is comprised of four chapters and begins with a list of books, journal articles, reports, and documents dealing with topics such as housing policies, housing problems in underdeveloped areas, and the effects of land reform and rural ordinance programs. The next chapter is devoted to a bibliography of bibliographies, covering topics ranging from land-use planning to rural roads and their potential. The third chapter includes national reports from countries such as Afghanistan, Algeria, and Bangladesh. The bibliography concludes with a subject index of key words subdivided geographically; a secondary author index that includes personal and corporate authors, editors, compilers, and authors of significant introductions; and a list of libraries consulted. This monograph should be of interest to housing officials and policymakers.