The Origin and Development of Sumerian Civilization and its Relation to Environment

1-27

The Ecological Consequences of Evolutionary cultural Transformations: The Case of Egypt and Reflections on Global Issues

29-44

Environmental and Civilizational Precesses in India: Their Global Relevance

45-55

Climatic Changes and the Development of Jomon Culture in Japan

57-77

Engineering the Sea: Hydraulic Systems and Pre-Modern Technological Lock-In in the Harngzhou Bay Area, circa 1000-1800

79-137

Population and Family in Crisis: A Study of North-eastern Japan in the Late Eighteenth Century

139-151

Climate in the Little Ice Age over Japan

153-159

The Vulnerability of Socioeconomical Developments on Climatic Change in China

161-191

Place, Scale and Limit with Respect to Landscape and Environment

193-199

The Biophila Hypothesis: Aristotelian Echoes of the 'Good Life'

201-221

The "Unnaturalness" of Nature Conservation

223-232

Importance of the Cyclical View in Understanding the Characteristics of Earth's Environment and Resources

233-239

Social Diversity and Technology for Sustainable Development

241-252

Traditionskultur und Modernisierung

253-260

Across the Frontiers: Nationalism, Internationalism and Ecological Crisis

261-274

Environmental Politics in the 21st Century

275-280