Original scientific paper

The Emergence and Development of Ecology

Tone Strojin ; School of Administration Ljubljana

Abstract

The paper presents the attempts to establish social ecology as a discipline following the dynamic relationship between society and environment. Today, sociologist perceive evident transformations, especially in the subsystems of social life. Further on the paper the author warns of the difference between the concepts of growth and development which are, due to inattentiveness, being used in ecology’ indiscriminately, in theoretical debates as well as in practical action.
The author writes about the ecology of health or medicine, which combines the knowledge of natural and social sciences in an ecological approach. He establishes that in some fields of medicine it is necessary to differentiate among the impacts of mentally hygienic influences on individuals, on risk groups, and on the whole population as well. Finally, the debate opens up the issue of determining the origins of social ecology, which is the most important issue for the making of any scientific discipline, either for observing the phenomenal forms of behavior toward the environment, or for the matter of setting standards in studying and defining the ecological minimum.

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Hrčak ID:

155129

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155129

Publication date:

30.6.1991.

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