Mediterranean Island Landscapes

Natural and Cultural Approaches
2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-5063-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 369 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 770 g

Reihe: Landscape Series

Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands.

Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.

Mannion, A. M.

Pungetti, Gloria

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nature and Culture in Mediterranean Islands.- to the Mediterranean Island Landscapes.- The Tertiary–Quaternary Environmental History of the Mediterranean Basin: The Background to Mediterranean Island Environments.- Holocene History of Mediterranean Island Landscapes.- Island Biogeography and Landscape Ecology.- Cultural Landscapes of Mediterranean Islands.- Political Landscapes of Mediterranean Islands.- Mediterranean Island Landscapes.- Sicily.- Sardinia.- Cyprus.- Corsica.- Crete.- The Balearic Islands.- The Maltese Archipelago.- Future Perspectives.- Landscape Strategies.- Conclusions.