Studies in Human Ecology

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface vi
• Table of Contents ix
• Part I - Classical Human Ecology 1
• Section A - The Classical Position 8
• English Ecology and Criminology of the Past Century 14
• Human Ecology 22
• The Scope of Human Ecology 30
• The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project 37
• The Natural Areas of the City 45
• The Distribution of Commercialized Vice in the City: A Sociological Analysis 50
• The Ecology of the Functional Psychoses in Chicago 57
• Human Ecology 62
• Section B - Criticisms of the Classical Position 77
• "Community" and Ecological Studies 93
• Human Ecology and Social Theory 98
• The Concept of Natural Area 104
• Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals 115
• Comment on Robinson's "Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals" 121
• Bibliography 123
• Part II - Current Theory and Research 127
• Introduction 129
• Section A - The Neo-Orthodox Approach 135
• Ecology and Human Ecology 144
• Residential Distribution and Occupational Stratification 155
• Some Implications of Modern Highways for Community Ecology 175
• References 185
• An Ecological Study of Urban Service Institutions 188
• The Ecology of the American City: Further Comparison and Validation of Generalizations 196
• Generalizations and Conclusions 204
• Urban Daytime Population: A Field for Demographic-Ecological Analysis 214
• Beale Street, Memphis: A Study in Ecological Succession 222
• Section B - Social Area Analysis 226
• The Generality of Urban Social Area Indexes 236
• The Utility of the Shevky Typology for the Design of Urban Sub-Area Field Studies 244
• Section C - The Sociocultural Approach 253
• Discussion of Hollingshead's "Community Research: Development and Present Condition" 262
• Assimilation to the Ecological and Social Systems of a Community 264
• Communities in the Salt Lake Basin 273
• Conclusion 279
• The Origin and Spread of the Grid-Pattern Town 294
• Durban: A Study in Racial Ecology 304
• Bibliography 317
• Part III - Cross-Cultural Studies 323
• Introduction 325
• The Social Ecology of Guatemala City 331
• General Conclusions 348
• The Morphology of the Cities of the Alföld 354
• Budapest: An Ecological Study 357
• Conclusion 370
• Urban Structure in France 384
• Ways of Dwelling in the Communities of India 390
• Japanese Cities: Distribution and Morphology 402
• The Distribution of Social Defects in Liverpool 415
• Appendix 429
• Some Ecological Patterns of Community Disorganization in Honolulu 430
• Part IV - Human Ecology as Human Geography 441
• Introduction 443
• The Ecological Study of Culture 446
• Some Aspects of Human Ecology in the Central Plains 451
• The Relations of Men, Animals, and Plants in an Island Community (Fiji) 462
• Ecology of Central Asian Pastoralism 471
• Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat, North Pakistan 488
• The Karens of Burma: A Study in Human Geography 496
• Bibliography 507
• Part V - Regional Studies 509
• Introduction 511
• VI - Conclusion 524
• Urbanization as Measured by Newspaper Circulation 548
• Conclusion 557
• Urban Hinterlands in England and Wales: An Analysis of Bus Services 573
• Daily Travel: A Study in Time and Distance around Edinburgh 587
• Conclusions 595
• Ecological Change in Satellite Rural Areas 607
• Bibliography 617
• Index 621

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