Cultural ecology is today at a place of rapidly expanding interconnections with the growing number of human-environment approaches in geography and other fields. Productive interconnections are evidenced, for example, in the extensive debate and discussion within geography that surround the varied relations (e.g., theory, methods, roles of science and representation, scale and subject matter) o...

OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to describe what proportion of variation in adult alcohol intake is attributable to genetic differences among individuals and what proportion to differences in environmental experiences individuals have been exposed to. Effects of age, gender, spousal resemblance, and cultural transmission of alcohol intake from parents to offspring were taken into account. M...

Global concerns for environmental quality have resulted in a proliferation of fertilizer and pesticide regulations that restrict golf course management programs. The objective of this project was to investigate the long-term effects of conventional and alternative cultural and pest management programs, designed to reduce reliance on chemical pesticides, on the quality and performance of golf pu...

South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition and has the highest prevalence of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most affected (obesity prevalence 31.8%). Although genetic factors are important, socio-cultural, environmental and behavioural factors, as well as the influence of socio-economic status, more likely explain the high prevalence of o...

1. Cultural heritage problems share many characteristics with problems encountered in environmental economics. Many of the services provided may not enter markets, or do so only indirectly and imperfectly. And many benefits are wholly intangible. Moreover, the nature of the benefits provided by cultural heritage sites is conceptually very similar to those provided by, for example, national park...

In the world of today, the issue of environmental protection is one of the main concerns. This research is created with the purpose of scientifically identification of cultural effects on environmental protection and behaviors. The views analysis is based on Durkheim, Weber, Parsons, Giddens, Tomeh approaches and theories. The research and questionnaire are used for 400 citizens of Tehran sele...

to understand the traditional description of medicine as a practice of healing, it is necessary to examine its relationships with both science and ethics. the “scientific” component of medicine includes an acknowledgment of the influence of social, cultural and environmental factors on the functioning of the organism. the “ethical” component is often presented as merely supplementary but actual...

in recent century, sustainability has been the most important feature especially in economic, social and environmental issues. so that it has always been the main concern of regional, national and even international planners as the consequent challenges were the main threat to achieving sustainable development of human society. in this study, all aspects of sustainability including environmenta...