The Ecology of a City and Its People: The Case of Hong KongThe past - ecological background; Ecological perspectives; Land, nature and people; Life conditions and biopsychic state in early Hong Kong; The present - Hong Kong in the 1970s; Conceptual framework; Modern Hong Kong - an overview; Extrasomatic energy; Energy in the Hong Kong food system; Nutrients and water supply in Hong Kong; The built environment and transportation; The population; Material aspects of human experience; Social relationships and some important intangibles; Behavioural aspects of human experience; Environment, life style and health: problems and principles; The future - human ecological imperatives; The future of urban settlements; Life conditions check list; Common behavioural tendencies; Biosocial survey. |
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Ecological Perspectives | 7 |
Land Nature and People | 21 |
Life Conditions and Biopsychic State in Early Hong Kong | 65 |
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activities ascorbic acid aspects average biopsychic Biosocial Survey biosphere calcium capita carbon monoxide causes of death cent changes Chapter characteristics China Chinese cities consequences consumption death rate diet discussed ecological Phase economic ecosystems effects enjoyment environmental especially evodeviation example existence extrasomatic energy fact females fertiliser Figure fuel fung shui health and well-being hectare high density Hong Kong Island housing human experience human populations hunter-gatherers important in-group increase individuals industrial influence intake Kowloon Langner scale levels living maladjustment males meliors Missing data modern natural natural environment nutrients opium personal environment personal involvement Phase 4 society physical density pollution population density population of Hong primeval problem processes production protein relatively resettlement estates respect scores small-group interaction societal organisation somatic energy squatter stressors sulphur dioxide territory thiamine tonnes total environment town gas transport trends urban variables Western