Human ecology

Human Ecology: Industrial Ecology

Industrial Ecology aims to inform decision making about the environmental impacts of industrial production processes by tracking and analyzing resource use and flows of industrial products, consumer products and wastes. Quantifying the patterns of use of materials and energy in different societies is one area of research in Industrial Ecology. An extensive literature is devoted in particular to...

Society for Human Ecology Human Ecology Review

Human Ecology

Human Behavioural Ecology

Human behavioural ecology (HBE) can be defined as the evolutionary ecology of human behaviour. Its central focus is how the behaviour of modern humans reflects our species’ history of natural selection. The field has grown rapidly over the last twenty years, in anthropology and other social and behavioural sciences. It passes under many names, including Darwinian (or evolutionary) anthropology,...

College of Human Ecology

The College of Human Ecology helps students bring together information from the social and natural sciences to address issues faced by individuals, families, and communities through the lifespan . Human Ecology is the interactive relationship between human beings and their environment, whether that environment is the home, workplace, community, or leisure activity . While studying in any of the...