ecological approach
1Ecological interface design — (EID) is an approach to interface design that was introduced specifically for complex sociotechnical, real time, and dynamic systems. It has been applied in a variety of domains including process control (e.g. nuclear power plants, petrochemical… …
2Ecological engineering — is an emerging of study integrating ecology and engineering, concerned with the design, monitoring and construction of ecosystems. The design of sustainable ecosystems intent to integrate human society with its natural environment for the benefit …
3Ecological sanitation — Ecological sanitation, also known as ecosan or eco san, are terms coined to describe a form of sanitation that usually involves urine diversion and the recycling of water and nutrients contained within human wastes back into the local environment …
4Ecological counseling — offers an approach to the conceptualization of human issues that integrates personal and environmental factors through focussing on their interaction. By doing so, the widely divergent forces that converge through the development of a human life… …
5Ecological goods and services — or EG S are the benefits arising from the ecological functions of healthy ecosystems. Such benefits accrue to all living organisms, including animals and plants, rather than to humans alone. However, there is a growing recognition of the… …
6Ecological threshold — can be described as the point at which a relatively small change in external conditions causes a rapid change in an ecosystem. When an ecological threshold has been passed, the ecosystem may no longer be able to return to its state. The… …
7Ecological anthropology — is a subfield of anthropology that deals with human environmental (culture nature) relationships over time and space. It investigates the ways that a population shapes its environment and the subsequent manners in which these relations form the… …
8Ecological land classification — is defined as being a cartographical delineation of distinct ecological areas, identified by their geology, topography, soils, vegetation, climate conditions, living species, water resources, as well as anthropic factors. These factors are known… …
9Ecological Systems Theory — Ecological Systems Theory, also called Development in Context or Human Ecology theory, specifies four types of nested environmental systems, with bi directional influences within and between the systems. The theory was developed by Urie… …
10Ecological psychology — is a term claimed by a number of schools of psychology. However, the two main ones are one on the writings of J. J. Gibson, and another on the work of Roger G. Barker, Herb Wright and associates at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. It should… …
