John B Thornes, John Wainwright

Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean

Processes and Perspectives from the Past and Present

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 903g
• ISBN-13: 9781138867109
• ISBN-10: 1138867101
• Artikelnr.: 42488934

Autorenporträt

John B. Thornes, John Wainwright

Inhaltsangabe

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