Sporades septentrionales : Essaie d' application d' une recherche integree pour l' etude de l' ecologie humaine des unites microinsulaires
Part of : Επιθεώρηση κοινωνικών ερευνών ; No.Special, 1981, pages 104-121
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104-121
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The southern Sporades : An integrated research attempt apllied to the study of the human ecology of micro insular units
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The deep changes Greece experienced during the thirty years following the endof the hostilities permit us to hope that neo-Hellenic society is about to become aware of the ecological dimension of anyeconomic and social development. From this moment on, it isnecessary to provide ourselves with a global method capable of combining the observation of social relations with that of relations between men and nature. A systemic approach to human ecologyallows us to unite the subsystems of nature (basis) and of society (acts)with the help of a third element corresponding to culture (the subsystem of regulations). Applied to a survey led in the SouthernSporades, this method has brought to the fore a first series of processes governing the recent evolution of these micro-insular societies.Simply to illustrate the method, are mentioned, among these processes, problems related to the preservation of the local sylva, thehistorical evolution of the structureof distribution of the island space between human establishments and crops, the process of the adaptation of a small island’s economy to an exterior market as well as theeconomic rules directing this adaptation. The management of thearea and of its resources, as well as the dependence, a micro-insularcommunity faces in regard to the surrounding world, reveal the inherent fragility of the nature, society and culture of minor islands.
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