Nature of Mediterranean Europe An Ecological History

Name: Nature of Mediterranean Europe An Ecological History
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ISBN: 9780300100556

ISBN-10: 0300100558

ISBN-13: 9780300100556

Edition: 2003

Authors: A. T. Grove, Oliver Rackham

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The authors of this title challenge the popular pessimistic view of Mediterranean Europe as a 'lost Eden', once verdant and fertile, but progressively degrated and desertified by human mismanagement and the ignorance and folly of successive civilizations.

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 12/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Introduction: Ruined Landscapes and the Question of Desertification



Present Climate and Weather



Geology and Geomorphology: the Dynamics of a Restless Region



Plant Life: the Dramatis Personae of Historical Ecology



Aspects of Human History



Cultivation Terraces



Climate in the Last 150 Years: the Period of Instrumental Measurements



The Little Ice Age: Extreme Weather in Historic Times



Climate in Early Historic and Prehistoric Times



Vegetation in Prehistory



Natural Vegetation in Historic Times



Mediterranean Savanna: Trees without Forests



Fire: Misfortune or Adaptation?



Current Erosion and its Measurement



Badlands



Erosion History and Prehistory: Climate, Weather or Man-Made?



Euro-Deserts and Karst



Deltas and Soft Coasts



Over-Use of Ground-Water



Desertification or Change: what to do about it?


Bibliography


Index


Picture Credits