processes and perspectives from the past and present /
John Wainwright and John B. Thornes.
New York :
Routledge,
2004.
1 online resource (xxviii, 479 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-468) and index.
The Mediterranean region in its context -- The geological setting -- The Mediterranean climate and its evolution -- Vegetation -- The hydrological cycle of the basin and its watershed -- Erosion processes -- Fire -- The Mediterranean Sea -- Background to prehistoric and historic land use -- Traditional land-use patterns 1 : agriculture -- Traditional land-use patterns 2 : rural settlement -- Traditional land-use patterns 3 : urban settlement -- Traditional land-use patterns 4 : use of mineral resources -- The present human landscape -- Agricultural changes in the twentieth century -- The impact of depopulation -- Pollution -- Water resources -- The desertification problem -- Potential climatic change and its effects -- Key issues for mitigation.
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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.
OverDrive, Inc.
Environmental issues in the Mediterranean.
0415156866
Human ecology-- Mediterranean Region.
Human geography-- Mediterranean Region.
Ecology.
Human ecology.
Human geography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)