Lanza that places biology above other scientific disciplines (Lanza & Berman, 2010). This book focuses on the former concept, which is related more to environmental ethics. In Part 2, 18 chapters are connected to each other ideologically, so as to maintain the flow. This reflects the professionalism of authors. For instance, Chapter 23 details James Lovelock’s concept of the Gaia hypothesis, based on Greek mythology of the Earth Goddess, which assumes that the whole earth is a living entity. In the conclusion, it is stated that the living Gaia may not eternally tolerate the brutality of a single species— Homo sapiens. This chapter is followed by a chapter on biodiversity, followed by Chapter 25, on the need to conserve the biodiversity. Other interesting topics covered in Part 2 are the greenhouse effect, sustainable development, harmony, resilience and globalisation. For tackling any issue, we need to understand it, contemplate, discuss and develop strategies to overcome it. Similarly, after enlightening about the problem, the authors chart out the third part of the book— ‘Strategies’— with 17 chapters. Apart from the usual concepts such as carbon capture and storage (Chapter 44), energy policy (Chapter 43), environmental education (Chapter 54), there are a few chapters that are quite spectacular, like Chapter 40 — ‘The Copenhagen Consensus’. It speaks of a neoliberal market-based method for achieving the sustainable development goals, especially the Sustainable Development Goal 12— the need to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, which encompasses the idea of food security. This becomes the topic for the next chapter— ‘Feeding 10Million’ (Chapter 41). Chapter 52 is worth highlighting here; it is about the concept of the reintroduction of a species into its own natural niche area. Conservationists are widely supporting the idea of species introduction in areas where they were previously existing naturally. Yet, this idea may not be suitable for all species. In this chapter, the authors specifically take up the example of the reintroduction of otters and explain the intricacies. The authors provide a few selected references at the end of each chapter. The well-structured index at the end of the book comes to the rescue of readers for looking up certain concepts. This sort of book marks the transition from a conventional book; focusing more on the themes and using relevant statistics but avoiding extensive literature citations that helps make it readable for the general audience.

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家庭生态David B.Zandvliet，鹿特丹：Sense Publishers，2016年

Lanza将生物学置于其他科学学科之上（Lanza＆Berman，2010）。本书侧重于前一个概念，后者与环境伦理学相关。在第2部分中，18章在思想上相互关联，以保持流程顺畅。这反映了作者的专业精神。例如，第23章基于希腊地球女神的神话，详细介绍了詹姆斯·洛夫洛克关于盖亚假说的概念，该假说假设整个地球都是生物。结论中指出，活的盖亚可能不会永远容忍单个物种智人的残酷性。本章后面是关于生物多样性的章节，接着是关于保护生物多样性需要的第25章。第2部分中涉及的其他有趣主题包括温室效应，可持续发展，和谐，弹性和全球化。为了解决任何问题，我们需要理解，思考，讨论和制定解决问题的策略。同样，在对问题进行了启发之后，作者们用17章列出了本书的第三部分“策略”。除了通常的概念，例如碳捕集与封存（第44章），能源政策（第43章），环境教育（第54章）之外，还有一些非常引人注目的章节，如第40章“哥本哈根共识”。它谈到了以新自由主义市场为基础的方法来实现可持续发展目标，尤其是可持续发展目标12，即确保可持续消费和生产方式的需要，其中包括粮食安全的思想。这成为下一章的主题-“馈赠一千万”（第41章）。第52章在这里值得强调；它是关于将物种重新引入其自然生态位区域的概念。保护主义者广泛支持在以前自然存在的地区引入物种的想法。但是，这种想法可能并不适合所有物种。在本章中，作者专门以重新引入水獭为例，并解释了其中的复杂性。作者在每章末尾提供了一些精选的参考资料。本书结尾的结构良好的索引可以帮助读者查找某些概念。这种书标志着从传统书的过渡。将重点更多地放在主题上并使用相关的统计数据，但要避免引用大量的文献，以免使普通读者理解。