Vegetation History And Cultural Landscapes

Author : Alexander Fehér
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319602677

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Vegetation History and Cultural Landscapes by Alexander Fehér Pdf

This book focuses on the vegetation history of the cultural landscape in southwestern Slovakia, which was established and adopted by mankind and has since constantly evolved in response to ongoing changes (in environmental conditions, biodiversity, land use, etc.). The book analyses four dominant ecosystems typical for the cultural landscape and affected by humans: woodlands, wetlands, grasslands and agricultural land. Each ecosystem is discussed in separate chapters. The chapters include (a) basic information, general aspects, development processes, trends and interpretations, (b) a published or non-published case study based on the author’s own research, and (c) an extensive bibliography. A set of maps on the vegetation history and indices of geographical names and plants names serve to round out the coverage. The work provides an essential point of departure for describing the typical regional characteristics of the cultural landscape, with an eye to its future preservatio n.

Author : Hilary H. Birks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521344352

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The Cultural Landscape by Hilary H. Birks Pdf

The Cultural Landscape - Past, Present and Future considers different aspects of man's intervention with natural vegetation and the landscape resulting from a long equilibrium of co-existence. These landscapes are not stable, and the recent and ever accelerating changes in technology and life-style have increasingly affected many ancient landscapes, as old land-use practices are abandoned and traditions forgotten. The papers in this book describe and trace the development of cultural landscapes in different climatic and biogeographical regions in Europe. Remnants of traditional land-use still remaining are described, particularly from Western Norway, where traditions have lingered because the rugged topography of the region is inimicable to high-technology. Each chapter is by an expert in the field. The topics cover the documentation of present cultural landscapes, their maintenance and restoration, and the history of the development of cultural landscapes from the Stone Age onwards, linking the intensity of landscape utilization with population dynamics and technological attainments. The disciplines involved include vegetation science, vegetation history, ecology, palaeoecology, archaeology, sociology, geography and history.

Author : Hilary H. Birks,H. J. B. Birks,Peter Emil Kaland,Dagfinn Moe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521344352

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The Cultural Landscape by Hilary H. Birks,H. J. B. Birks,Peter Emil Kaland,Dagfinn Moe Pdf

The Cultural Landscape - Past, Present and Future considers different aspects of man's intervention with natural vegetation and the landscape resulting from a long equilibrium of co-existence. These landscapes are not stable, and the recent and ever accelerating changes in technology and life-style have increasingly affected many ancient landscapes, as old land-use practices are abandoned and traditions forgotten. The papers in this book describe and trace the development of cultural landscapes in different climatic and biogeographical regions in Europe. Remnants of traditional land-use still remaining are described, particularly from Western Norway, where traditions have lingered because the rugged topography of the region is inimicable to high-technology. Each chapter is by an expert in the field. The topics cover the documentation of present cultural landscapes, their maintenance and restoration, and the history of the development of cultural landscapes from the Stone Age onwards, linking the intensity of landscape utilization with population dynamics and technological attainments. The disciplines involved include vegetation science, vegetation history, ecology, palaeoecology, archaeology, sociology, geography and history.

Author : Brian Roberts,Peter Atkins,Ian Simmons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134635115

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People, Land and Time by Brian Roberts,Peter Atkins,Ian Simmons Pdf

This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation, from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the 'new' cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s. The book comprises three major, interwoven strands. First, fundamental factors such as environmental change and population pressure are addressed in order to sketch the contextual variables of landscapes production. Second, the evolution of the humanised landscape is discussed in terms of processes such as clearing wood, the impact of agriculture, the creation of urban-industrial complexes, and is also treated in historical periods such as the pre-industrial, the modern and the post-modern. From this we can see the cultural and economic signatures of human societies at different times and places. Finally, examples of landscape types are selected in order to illustrate the ways in which landscape both represents and participates in social change. The authors use a wide range of source material, ranging from place-names and pollen diagrams to literature and heritage monuments. Superbly illustrated throughout, it is essential reading for first-year undergraduates studying historical geography, human geography, cultural geography or landscape history.

Author : Mauro Agnoletti
Publisher : CABI
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781845931544

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The Conservation of Cultural Landscapes by Mauro Agnoletti Pdf

Landscape today is no longer just a cultural aspect, intended as an elitist phenomenon, but emerges as an essential element in the definition and the application of a modern approach in sustainable development. Historical locally adapted distinctive and ingenious combinations of management practices have contributed and continue to contribute tremendously to the biodiversity of the world, resulting not only in outstanding aesthetic beauty, but, in the sustained provision of multiple goods and services, food and livelihood security and quality of life. The development of policies to preserve and manage landscape resources, has to face both the degradation of cultural landscape due to socio-economic development and the need to develop appropriate methods and approaches. This book presents different methodologies developed to analyse, manage and plan landscape resources. It reports recent research findings and case studies from Europe and North America, suggesting also the revision of some orientations and views of the current policies concerning forestry, rural development and nature conservation, often contributing to degrade cultural landscapes.

Author : Stefano Mazzoleni,Gaetano di Pasquale,Mark Mulligan,Paolo di Martino,Francisco Rego
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470093702

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Recent Dynamics of the Mediterranean Vegetation and Landscape by Stefano Mazzoleni,Gaetano di Pasquale,Mark Mulligan,Paolo di Martino,Francisco Rego Pdf

The Mediterranean region has been shaped by human activity and maintained by traditional practices of land use for centuries. This has affected the distribution of plants and the landscape, which can be considered as part of the European cultural landscape. This book details the rapid changes that have taken place in the vegetation of the Mediterranean in the last half-century, a period in which major socio-economic development greatly affected the cultural and physical landscape.

Author : Eva Ritter,Dainis Dauksta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400711501

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New Perspectives on People and Forests by Eva Ritter,Dainis Dauksta Pdf

The aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscapes that are influenced by human activity and that in turn have a profound effect on our understanding of and identification with a place. The book proposes that a better understanding of the bond between people and forests as integrated part of a landscape may be helpful in landscape planning, and may contribute to the discussion of changes in forest cover which has been motivated by land use changes, rural development and the global climate debate. To this end, people’s perception of forest landscapes, the reasons for different perceptions, and future perspectives are discussed. Given the wide range of forest landscapes, and cultural perspectives which exist across the world, the book focuses on Europe as a test case to explore the various relationships between society, culture, forests and landscapes. It looks at historical evidence of the impacts of people on forests and vice versa, explores the current factors affecting people’s physical and emotional comfort in forest landscapes, and looks ahead to how changes in forest cover may alter the present relationships of people to forests. Drawing together a diverse literature and combining the expertise of natural and social scientists, this book will form a valuable reference for students and researchers working in the fields of landscape ecology and landscape architecture, geography, social science, environmental psychology or environmental history. It will also be of interest to researchers, government agencies and practitioners with an interest in issues such as sustainable forest management, sustainable tourism, reserve management, urban planning and environmental interpretation.

Author : Marion Hourdequin,David G. Havlick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190493448

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Restoring Layered Landscapes by Marion Hourdequin,David G. Havlick Pdf

Restoring Layered Landscapes brings together historians, geographers, philosophers, and interdisciplinary scholars to explore ecological restoration in landscapes with complex histories shaped by ongoing interactions between humans and nature. For many decades, ecological restoration - particularly in the United States - focused on returning degraded sites to conditions that prevailed prior to human influence. This model has been broadened in recent decades, and restoration now increasingly focuses on the recovery of ecological functions and processes rather than on returning a site to a specific historical state. Nevertheless, neither the theory nor the practice of restoration has fully come to terms with the challenges of restoring layered landscapes, where nature and culture shape one another in deep and ongoing relationships. Former military and industrial sites provide paradigmatic examples of layered landscapes. Many of these sites are not only characterized by natural ecosystems worth preserving and restoring, but also embody significant political, social, and cultural histories. This volume grapples with the challenges of restoring and interpreting such complex sites: What should we aim to restore in such places? How can restoration adequately take the legacies of human use into account? Should traces of the past be left on the landscape, and how can interpretive strategies be creatively employed to make visible the complex legacies of an open pit mine or chemical weapons manufacturing plant? Restoration aims to create new value, but not always without loss. Restoration often disrupts existing ecosystems, infrastructure, and artifacts. The chapters in this volume consider what restoration can tell us more generally about the relationship between continuity and change, and how the past can and should inform our thinking about the future. These insights, in turn, will help foster a more thoughtful approach to human-environment relations in an era of unprecedented anthropogenic global environmental change.

Author : Christopher M. Beagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Cultural landscapes
ISBN : IND:30000145267260

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Cultural Landscape Report for Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland: Site history, existing conditions, analysis and evaluation by Christopher M. Beagan Pdf

Author : United States. National Park Service. Park Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Historic preservation
ISBN : UOM:39015049061701

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A Guide to Cultural Landscape Reports by United States. National Park Service. Park Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes Program Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site (Calif.)
ISBN : PURD:32754076879190

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Final Draft Cultural Landscape Report, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Killion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210019580982

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Cultural Landscape Report for John Muir National Historic Site: Introduction ; Site history ; Existing conditions ; Analysis by Jeffrey Killion Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Killion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:31951D02567841V

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Cultural Landscape Report for John Muir National Historic Site: Treatment by Jeffrey Killion Pdf

Author : Robert R. Page,Cathy Gilbert,Susan Dolan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Historic preservation
ISBN : MINN:31951P005634320

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A Guide to Cultural Landscape Reports by Robert R. Page,Cathy Gilbert,Susan Dolan Pdf

Author : William Balée
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780817317867

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Cultural Forests of the Amazon by William Balée Pdf

Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award. Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Balée’s research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In Cultural Forests of the Amazon, he argues that indigenous people, past and present, have time and time again profoundly transformed nature into culture. Moreover, they have done so using their traditional knowledge and technology developed over thousands of years. Balée demonstrates the inestimable value of indigenous knowledge in providing guideposts for a potentially less destructive future for environments and biota in the Amazon. He shows that we can no longer think about species and landscape diversity in any tropical forest without taking into account the intricacies of human history and the impact of all forms of knowledge and technology. Balée describes the development of his historical ecology approach in Amazonia, along with important material on little-known forest dwellers and their habitats, current thinking in Amazonian historical ecology, and a narrative of his own dialogue with the Amazon and its people.