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xxxiv, 399 pages ; 23 cm Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Preface -- 1 Discovering Social Ecology: A Personal Journey -- An Aspiring Marine Biologist -- From South Miami to South Chicago -- Dr. Lenhoff, I Presume? -- Why I Decided to Write This Book -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 2 Historical Origins and Conceptual Foundations of Social Ecology -- The Emergence of Biological Ecology -- From Biological to Human Ecology -- Toward a Broader View of Human Ecosystems: Social Ecology -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 3 Deriving Core Principles of Social Ecology -- From Isolating Variables to Putting Them in Context -- Toward a More Systematic Approach to Social Ecology -- Describing the Structure and Dynamic Qualities of Human Environments: Core Principles -- Analytic Goals of Social Ecology: Developing Guidelines for Contextual Theorizing and Research -- Looking Back and Moving Forward -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 4 Rise of the Internet -- Navigating Our Online and Place-Based Ecologies -- Transitioning From the Predigital to the Digital Age -- Understanding People's Transactions With the Natural, Built, Sociocultural, and Virtual Environment -- A Social Ecological View -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 5 Promoting Personal and Public Health -- The Biomedical Model of Health and Disease -- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease -- Social Ecological Analyses of Health and Illness -- Summing Up and Looking Ahead -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 6 Confronting Complex Social Problems -- Defining Social Problems Understanding Complex Problems From a Social Ecological Perspective -- Using Social Ecological Strategies to Resolve Complex Community Problems -- Putting Case Studies of Social Problems in Broader Perspective -- From Resolving Social Problems to Managing Global Environmental Change -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 7 Managing Global Environmental Change -- Awakening the World to the Global Impacts of Human-Caused Environmental Change: From Scientific Evidence of Ozone Depletion to Remedial Action Confronting Global Climate Change and Its Wide-Ranging Impacts on Environmental Habitability, Societal Well-Being, and Population Health Social Ecological Approaches to Global Climate Change -- Why They Are Urgently Needed -- Creating a More Sustainable and Resilient Planet -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 8 Designing Resilient and Sustainable Communities -- The Social Ecology of Resilience and Sustainability -- Sustainable Development Initiatives in the 21st Century -- Developing Evidence-Based Guidelines for Creating Resilient and Sustainable Communities -- Behavioral and Educational Strategies to Promote Community Resilience and Sustainability -- References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 9 Educating the Next Generation of Social Ecologists -- Defining Disciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Research -- Nurturing a Transdisciplinary Orientation -- Nurturing Competence in Team Science Cultivating Translational Research Skills -- Building Capacity for Transcultural Research -- The Four T's of Social Ecological Training References -- References Cited in the Footnotes -- 10 Epilogue -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index Daniel Stokols, University of California, Irvine. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Social ecology Digital communications Social aspects Globalization Digital communications Social aspects Globalization Social ecology HM861 .S73 2018 304.2 S73 2018 9780128141885 0128141883 2017279084 BTCTA 181031 20260415101619.0 20727275 eng