Environmental issues in the Mediterranean : processes and perspectives from the past and present /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wainwright, John, 1967-
Other Authors: Thornes, John B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 1.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Mediterranean Region.
Human geography > Mediterranean Region.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Ecology
Human ecology
Human geography
Mediterranean Region > Environmental conditions.
Mediterranean Region
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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