Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean: Processes and Perspectives from the Past and Present: Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment
Autor John B. Thornes, John Wainwrighten Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 sep 2003
Ideal for students who are studying a range of environmental issues, but want to see them linked within one regional context. The book begins with an introduction to the Mediterranean region, its history, physical and human geography and its environmental problems. It then goes on to examine:
* The Dynamic Environment - climate variables and fluctuations, vegetation, the hydrological cycle of the basin and its watershed, processes of erosion, fire and the Mediterranean Sea
*The Human Impact on the Environment - prehistoric and historic land use, traditional agriculture, rural and urban settlement and use of mineral resources
* The Mediterranean Environment Under Increasing Pressure - the present human landscape, changes in agriculture in the 20th century, the impact of depopulation, pollution, water resources, desertification and potential climatic change.
It then concludes with a discussion of the region's on-going environmental issues of water resources, land degradation, agricultural intensification and tourism, and considers how these can be approached using management techniques and national and regional policies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415156868
ISBN-10: 0415156866
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 33 mm
Greutate: 1.11 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415156866
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 33 mm
Greutate: 1.11 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
'...this book covers a very wide range of material relating to environmental issues in the Mediterranean countries.'
'...this is a work of massive and often authoritative scholarship...[and] will providea benchmark for years to come.' -both Chris Hunt (Holocene 14)
'...this is a work of massive and often authoritative scholarship...[and] will providea benchmark for years to come.' -both Chris Hunt (Holocene 14)
Cuprins
1. Introduction 2. The Geological Setting 3. The Mediterranean Climate and its Evolution 4. Vegetation 5. The Hydrological Cycle of the Basin and its Watershed 6. Erosion Processes 7. Fire 8. The Mediterranean Sea 9. Background to Prehistoric and Historic Land Use 10. Traditional Land-Use Patterns 1:Agriculture 11. Traditional Land-Use Patterns 2:Rural Settlement 12. Traditional Land-Use Patterns 3:Urban settlement 13. Traditional Land-Use Patterns 4:Use of Mineral resourses 14. The Present Human Landscape 15. Agricultural Changes in the Twentieth Century 16. The Impact of Depopulation 17. Pollution 18. Water Resources 19. Desertification 20. Potential Climatic Change and its Effects 21. Key Issues for Mitigation
Notă biografică
John B. Thornes, John Wainwright
Descriere
The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia. This book reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment.