Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Introduction to “Coping with Environmental Risk and Uncertainty: Individual and Cultural Responses”

  • Published:
Human Nature Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The papers in this special issue of Human Nature collectively consider societal and individual responses to a wide variety of environmental and social risks. The first paper considers societal level effects of pathogen risk on collectivism and conformity, avoidance of outsiders, and in-group loyalty in a worldwide cross-cultural sample. The second deals with societal-level effects of resource unpredictability on the nature and conduct of warfare in eastern Africa. The third deals with effects of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes and mediating factors on individual perceptions of risk in Mexico and Ecuador. The final paper deals with effects of various types of father absence on women’s reproductive life histories in Bangladesh.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Cashdan, E., & Steele, M. (2013) Pathogen prevalence, group bias, and collectivism in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. Human Nature, 24(1). doi:10.1007/s12110-012-9159-3.

  • Ember, C. R., Adem, T. A., Skoggard, I. (2013) Risk, uncertainty, and violence in eastern Africa: a regional comparison. Human Nature, 24(1). doi:10.1007/s12110-012-9157-5.

  • Jones, E. C., Faas, A. J., Murphy, A. D., Tobin, G. A., & Whiteford, L. M. (2013). Cross-cultural and site-based influences on demographic, well-being, and social network predictors of risk perception in hazard and disaster settings in Ecuador and Mexico. Human Nature, 24(1). doi:10.1007/s12110-013-9162-3.

  • Shenk, M. K., Starkweather, K., Kress, H. C., Alam.A. (2013) Does absence matter? A comparison of three types of father absence in rural Bangladesh. Human Nature, 24(1). doi:10.1007/s12110-013-9160-5.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA

    Carol R. Ember

Authors
  1. Carol R. Ember
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Carol R. Ember.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ember, C.R. Introduction to “Coping with Environmental Risk and Uncertainty: Individual and Cultural Responses”. Hum Nat 24, 1–4 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-013-9161-4

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-013-9161-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation