Research Catalog

Title

Environmental issues in the Mediterranean : processes and perspectives from the past and present / John Wainwright and John B. Thornes.

Author

Wainwright, John, 1967-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Additional Authors

Thornes, John B.

Description

xxviii, 479 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 1

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 1.

Subject

• Human ecology > Mediterranean Region
• Human geography > Mediterranean Region
• Mediterranean Region > Environmental conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-468) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0415156866 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003002187

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library