1st Edition
Threatened Landscapes Conserving Cultural Environments
184 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
184 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
184 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
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Few, if any, environments are free of human intervention. Often this generates ecosystems which are rich in biodiversity, historical interest, recreational opportunity and scenic beauty just as worthy of conservation as the more natural ecosystems on which protection programmes have been almost exclusively focussed. These 'cultural landscapes', ranging from the farm and forest lands of Europe and... Read more
Foreword. Part One . What are Landscapes? Chapter 1 - Landscape Development and Change. Chapter 2 - Ecological Pattern and Process at the Landscape Scale. Chapter 3 - An Environmental Classification of European Landscapes. Part Two - Landscapes Worthy of Protection. Chapter 4 - Polders - Krimpenerward, The Netherlands. Japanese Landscapes. Chapter 5 - Mountains - Sognefjord, Norway. Mount Carmel, Israel. Atlanic Heathland, Norway. Chapter 6 - Mediterranean Islands. Gavdhos, Crete. Omalos Plain, Crete. Balearic Landscapes. Rio S Lucia, Sardinia, Chapter 7 - Coltura Promiscua (Mixed Cropping) - Solano Basin, Italy. Montado (Dehesa), Portugal. Chapter 8 - Bocage (Wooded Farmland) - Weald of Kent and Sussex, England. Tasman Peninsula Australia. Banska Stiavnica, Slovak Republic. Part Three - Landscape Conservation. Chapter 9 - Identifying Threatened Landscapes, Valued Landscapes. Chapter 10. - European Landscapes in Transition: Levels of Intervention. Chapter 11 - Managing Old Landscapes and Making New Ones.
Biography
Bryn Green, Willem Vos
