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

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