Encyclopaedia of Human Ecology (5 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. Human Ecology of Spiritual Traditions: Introduction. 1. Religion and environment interrelationships. 2. The geography of religion. 3. Interpretation of Buddhist Teachings. 4. Spiritual perspectives of Natural environment. 5. The assertion of power of women and Godde symbol. 6. Hindu perspective of environmental ethics. 7. Interpreting Rgveda in todays environmental context. 8. Cultural dimension of religious analysis. 9. Understanding God and humanity through process theology. 10. Forest in the epics. 11. The evolution of eco Karma. 12. Islamic perspective of environment ethics. 13. Living in Harmony with nature. 14. The self in defence of the earth. 15. Hindu strategy for Dharmic ecology. 16. Honouring our planet. 17. The Dharma of ecological philosophy. Index.

Vol. II. Human Ecology of War: Introduction. 1. War proneness. 2. Making way for peace. 3. Emergence of war. 4. Evoking of nationalism and natural consciousness. 5. Warfare: causes, functions, effects. 6. Ethnic conflicts. 7. Aggressive drive and war. 8. World initiatives for peace. 9. Outgroup hostility. 10. Global security initiatives. 11. Warfare and incest taboo. Index.

Vol. III. Human Ecology of Aggression: Introduction. 1. Recognizing in-group amity in warfare. 2. Aggressive dispositions. 3. Phylogenetic adaptations in man and animals. 4. Behaviour theories perspectives of human nature. 5. The domain of what ought and is in human nature. 6. The nature of the aggressor and the aggrieved. 7. Conditions facilitating ethnic violence. 8. Manifestations of aggression and peace making. 9. Causes of aggressive behavior. 10. Aggression in chimpanzees. 11. Epigenesis and evolution of group psychology. 12. Conclusion. Index.

Vol. IV. Human Ecology of Tribal Societies and Rural Settlements: Introduction. 1. Authority of caste societies over tribal society. 2. Social institutions in rural areas. 3. Forest depletion and impact on Bhil women. 4. Development initiatives through tribal empowerment. 5. Ecological entities: types. 6. Groups in society. 7. Collectives: structure and behavioural manifestation. 8. Terrorism and coercive action in Shillong. 9. Singhpos Tribe: history and socio-economic life. 10. Strategy of development in Darjeeling. 11. Perception of Indian village. 12. Traditional and historical past of Indian villages. 13. Rural rituals. 14. Development and rural-urban interactions. 15. Approach to integrated rural urban development. 16. Agriculture and agro-based industries. 17. Agricultural development. 18. Indigenous knowledge systems and sustainable agriculture. 19. Housing in rural settings. 20. Using the Moru indigenous knowledge. 21. Dandakaranya Region tribal development initiatives. Index.

Vol. V. Human Ecology of Drug Abuse and Dependence Control: Introduction. 1. Mechanism relates to psychoactive substance and dependence. 2. Substance abuse related disorder. 3. Global alcohol policy. 4. Interdisciplinary cooperation against drug abuse. 5. Report on WHO Expert Committee on drug dependence. 6. Estimating the costs of substance abuse: international guidelines. 7. Approaches to tobacco control. 8. Training and education for tobacco control. 9. Campaign for tobacco control. 10. Using the media effectively. 11. Strategies in tobacco control activities. 12. Legislative and regulatory measurement for tobacco control. Bibliography. Index.

"The humans, like all other species on Planet Earth interact with each other during their span of life. Humans constitute a part of the Earth's biomass. The bio-matter constituting the human frames has been tossing right through the history of time when the humans first evolved. During this span of millions of years the humans have interacted within their own species, as well as with other species, down the geological history. The evolution continues, and so does the interaction. Each development caused through human interventions augurs fresh interactive cycles.

This work, Encyclopaedia of Human Ecology, is about these interactions. This is certainly not the sum/total of interactions, because that is virtually impossible. Humans interact through war and aggression, they interact through love and affection, they migrate and immigrate through push and pull factors. The geographical and natural factors thus create history, culture, cities and nation states. These elements of human interactions have been concisely presented into subject specific volumes of human ecology." (jacket)