Ecological and Evolutionary Sociology

This book deals with Ecological and Evolutionary Sociology. It is an interdisciplinary approach of studying human adaptation to ecosystem and evolutionary development of human society and culture. This book imparts knowledge about human ecosystem and ecological perspectives in human society. This book covers the knowledge on bioecological model and its relevance to human society. This book examines the structure and composition of urban ecosystem. It spells out the nature of rural ecosystem, rural ecosystem service and ecosystem support to the poor and other vulnerable sections of the society. This book makes an analysis of nature and scope of urban ecosystem, ecology of urban landscape, social ecological analysis of urban areas and ecosystem approach to urban management. Regarding evolutionary perspectives of human development, this book deals with stages of human evolutionary development, process of socio cultural evolution, evolution of human behaviour and impact of social evolution on societal change.

Contents: 1. Social ecology-basic concepts. 2. Human ecology. 3. Theoretical ecology. 4. Ecological perspectives in human society. 5. Bioecological model. 6. Rural environment. 7. Rural landscape ecology. 8. Ecosystems and rural poor. 9. Rural ecosystem service. 10. Nature and scope of urban ecology. 11. Ecology of urban landscape. 12. Social ecological analysis of urban areas. 13. Ecosystem approach in urban management. 14. Stages of human social evolution. 15. Socio-cultural evolution. 16. Social evolution and societal change. 17. Evolution of social behaviour. 18. Sociobiology theory and practice.19. Sociobiology behaviour. References.