I would greatly appreciate some recommendations on some good introductory textbooks focusing on human-environmental interactions. My ideal criteria would be for the textbook to provide an introduction to the following subjects:
- Social-ecological systems and the their key components and interactions among them - Key ecological processes and functions (energy flow, carbon cycle, nutrient cycles, hydrologic cycle, biodiversity) - Ecosystem goods and services (humans are dependent on the biosphere) - Ecological footprint (humans simultaneously impact these ecosystems and their ability to provide critical goods and services) - Sustainability-attributes that promote more resilient social-ecological systems, i.e. improve individual and societal well being without creating unacceptable impacts on ecosystems Many thanks for any recommendations! Michael Reisner
