"Environment, Power and Society" is one of the seminal texts in Environmental Science. It is a wide-ranging book that presents systems ecology: the study of ecological relationships based on flows of matter and energy through the environment. Based on concepts adapted from the fields of engineering and operations research, systems ecology is an important tool for understanding how natural ecosystems function. Odum has been a pioneer in the field, one of the first to understand the importance of energy relationships, and also, as demonstrated in this book, one of the first to integrate human activities into the picture, thus laying the groundwork for human ecology and environmental engineering.
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Many years ago, when I was teaching anthropology, I read the orginal edition this book, and it changed my entire approach to the subject of human society.The book was written before talking about energy and society was "cool". Combined with Leslie White's "Evolution of Civilization", which has also been reprinted, it provides the best explanation of modern events that is available. These two books should be required reading for everyone interested in the future of mankind and the planet earth. The Evolution of Civilizaton: The Development of Civilization to the Fall of Rome
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