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human ecology

American  

noun

  1. ecology.


Etymology

Origin of human ecology

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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Malm is a scholar of human ecology, an interdisciplinary field of research that focuses on human relationships to their environments across cultures.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023

With these unique components, she looks at the relationship between visual culture and human ecology.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Scores are optional for entry to schools of arts and sciences; engineering; human ecology; and industrial and labor relations.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

In June, Pope Francis released a powerful encyclical on human ecology and climate change.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2015

Ethnological and historical studies of individual communities furnish valuable comparative materials for a treatise upon human ecology which would serve as a guidebook for studies in community organization.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

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