Fighting back: human adaptations in marginal environments

IF 5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environment Pub Date : 1999-07-01 DOI:10.1080/00139159909604639

S. Batterbury, T. Forsyth

引用次数: 85

Abstract

Studies of the fragility of the natural environment often accord a prime role to human activities such as habitat destruction, land cover change, and "overuse" of biotic resources. One of the factors most closely associated with environmental degradation in the developing world is poverty. A well-known analysis suggests that the poor are found disproportionately in the dryland, highland, and rainforest zones of the tropics, several of which have been identified by other researchers as "critical" in terms of the quality of their natural resource base and the stresses placed upon them by human uses.(1)

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反击:人类在边缘环境中的适应

对自然环境脆弱性的研究往往把主要原因归于人类活动，如生境破坏、土地覆盖变化和生物资源的“过度利用”。在发展中世界，与环境退化最密切相关的因素之一是贫穷。一项著名的分析表明，穷人不成比例地分布在热带的旱地、高地和热带雨林地区，其他研究人员认为其中一些地区的自然资源基础的质量和人类使用给它们带来的压力“至关重要”。

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Environment 环境科学-环境科学

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5.10

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0.00%

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>36 weeks

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