Mediterranean Island Landscapes
Natural and Cultural Approaches
(Sprache: Englisch)
The book focuses on Mediterranean island landscapes and examines their biotic ecological, physical, and environmental characteristics. It also explores the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period.
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The book focuses on Mediterranean island landscapes and examines their biotic ecological, physical, and environmental characteristics. It also explores the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period.
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Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands.
Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.
Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands.
Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.
Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Mediterranean Island Landscapes “
- About the contributors.- Preface. Acknowledgements.
Section I: Nature and culture in Mediterranean islands.
1. Introduction to Mediterranean island landscapes
2. Tertiary-quaternary environmental history of the Mediterranean basin
3. Holocene history of Mediterranean islands.
4. Mediterranean islands: Biogeography and landscape ecology
5. Cultural landscapes of Mediterranean islands
6. Political landscapes of Mediterranean islands
Section II: Mediterranean island landscapes.
7. Sicily
8. Sardinia
9. Cyprus
10. Corsica
11. Crete
12. Balearic Islands
13. Maltese Archipelago
Section III: Future perspectives.
14. Strategies for action
15. Conclusion
- References.
- Index
Autoren-Porträt
Possessing many similarities, yet having their share differences, Mediterranean island landscapes receive complete coverage in this comprehensive volume. The book examines their biotic ecological, physical, and environmental characteristics. It also explores the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. Coverage first details the natural and cultural factors that have shaped the island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. It then focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. In ending, the book presents important strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2008, 369 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben:Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.; Pungetti, Gloria; Mannion, A.M.
- Herausgegeben: Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis, A. M. Mannion, Gloria Pungetti
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- ISBN-10: 1402050631
- ISBN-13: 9781402050633
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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