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Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean: Processes and Perspectives from the Past and Present
By John Wainwright, John B. Thornes
509 pages
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- Routledge
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- London
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- 2004
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Synopsis
The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape. This volume reviews both physical and social aspects of this region.Related books and articles at Questia
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The Geography of the Mediterranean Region: Its Relation to Ancient History
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Perspectives on the Past: Theoretical Biases in Mediterranean Hunter-Gatherer Research
Geoffrey A. Clark. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Figures xiii
- Tables xix
- Boxes xxi
- Preface xxiii
- Acknowledgements xxv
- Part 1 - Background 1
- 1 - The Mediterranean Region in Its Context 3
- 2 - The Geological Setting 14
- Part 2 - The Dynamic Environment 57
- 3 - The Mediterranean Climate and Its Evolution 59
- 4 - Vegetation 120
- 5 - The Hydrological Cycle of the Basin and Its Watershed 154
- 6 - Erosion Processes 171
- 7 - Fire 193
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Figures xiii
- Tables xix
- Boxes xxi
- Preface xxiii
- Acknowledgements xxv
- Part 1 - Background 1
- 1 - The Mediterranean Region in Its Context 3
- 2 - The Geological Setting 14
- Part 2 - The Dynamic Environment 57
- 3 - The Mediterranean Climate and Its Evolution 59
- 4 - Vegetation 120
- 5 - The Hydrological Cycle of the Basin and Its Watershed 154
- 6 - Erosion Processes 171
- 7 - Fire 193
- 8 - The Mediterranean Sea 203
- Part 3 - The Human Impact on the Environment 211
- 9 - Background to Prehistoric and Historic Land Use 213
- 10 - Traditional Land-Use Patterns 1 230
- 11 - Traditional Land-Use Patterns 2 268
- 12 - Traditional Land-Use Patterns 3 277
- 13 - Traditional Land-Use Patterns 4 293
- Part 4 - The Mediterranean Environment Under Increasing Pressure 299
- 14 - The Present Human Landscape 301
- 15 - Agricultural Changes in the Twentieth Century 319
- 16 - The Impact of Depopulation 338
- 17 - Pollution 345
- 18 - Water Resources 354
- 19 - The Desertification Problem 370
- 20 - Potential Climatic Change and Its Effects 380
- 21 - Key Issues for Mitigation 396
- Bibliography 411
- Index 469