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People and their Planet
This book brings together research on the relations between people and the planet's living and non-living resources. Its three main foci include the methodological approaches to the study of relationships between people and land use, patterns of consumption, population trends and the availability of food and water resources; an examination of evidence of disequilibria in increasing conflicts, migrations, and over-crowding; and a search for balance between people and the other elements of the biosphere through understanding and overcoming destructive forces.
Janaab' Pakal of Palenque
Excavations of Maya burial vaults at Palenque, Mexico, half a century ago revealed what was then the most extraordinary tomb finding of the pre-Columbian world; its discovery has been crucial to an understanding of the dynastic history and ideology of the ancient Maya. Over the years, new analytical tools introduced uncertainties regarding earlier interpretations of the findings, and a reanalysis of the remains of the ruler JanaabÕ Pakal using contemporary methodologies has led to new interpretations of former accounts of his life and death. This volume communicates the broad scope of applied interdisciplinary research conducted on the Pakal remains to provide answers to old disputes over t...
Procesos sociales, población y familia
Hablar de generaciones, es hablar de diferentes tiempos y trayectorias de vida, entretejidos conjuntamente en diferentes espacios de interacción. La mayor supervivencia permite que muchas generaciones vivan simultáneamente: abuelos, padres y nietos conviven, aunque no siempre en el mismo espacio doméstico y comparten, intercambian y negocian oportunidades laborales, recursos económicos y sociales, y posiciones de poder; asimismo las distintas generaciones entre familias establecen múltiples conexiones entre espacios locales, globales y domésticos. Este libro trata de familia y generaciones desde varios puntos de vista y busca plantear nuevas opciones teóricas y empíricas para el análisis de las relaciones y estructuras domésticas.
Problem Solving In Operation Management
This volume examines problem solving and applied systems aimed at improving performance and management of organizations. The book’s eight chapters are integrated into two parts: methodologies and techniques that discuss complex dynamic analysis of the organizations, participative processes for building trend scenarios, consultancy as a systemic intervention process, processes to promote innovative goals in organizations, and analytical processes and solid mathematical representation systems. The authors also include a model to urban parks location, an analytic model to urban services location, and a system to forecast demand with fussy sets. Describes methodologies to analyze processes in complex dynamic organizations, including as participative, interventional, innovative, and analytical approaches; Clarifies a strategies for providing structure to complex organizations and applying analytical methods to decision making; Illustrates problem holistic solving strategies; Explains how to approach several problems from a holistic point of view and how analyze the subjacent processes to make decisions.
Memorias de la IV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica en México. Abril de 1990. Tomo III
Esta publicación contiene información sobre Memorias de la IV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica en México. Abril de 1990. Tomo III, generada por el Instituto..
Intimacies and Cultural Change
Exploring cultural transformations of intimacy in contemporary Mexico, Intimacies and Cultural Change examines the ways in which globalization and rapid cultural change have transformed the cultural meanings of couple relationships, sexuality, and personal life in Mexican society. Through a range of contemporary case studies, the book sheds light on the ways in which people draw on these cultural meanings in everyday life to account for their experiences and practices of intimacy in different social settings. An interdisciplinary volume, presenting the latest research on the region from experts working in diverse fields within the social sciences, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, geography and social psychology with interests in gender and sexuality, social change and contemporary intimate relationships.
