Living in constructed urban environments severs people from ecological consequences

Evidence

To begin with, assume the absence of any strong central authority. Secondly, add the ecological conditions which prevail in the arid zone, ‘and which impel large and significant proportions of its inhabitants towards pastoralism. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1915 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Soundwalks restore human connection to nature eroded by urbanization — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 2107; Seeing the farm as a factory erases living interdependence from perception — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 541; Conservationist ideas carried into environmentalism through an urbanized land ethic — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 44 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Arid-zone ecology impels inhabitants toward specific social forms #complicates (0.72) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1915