ISBN:
9780340677148
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version People, Land and Time : An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 evol
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknovvledgements; Introduction; Part 1 The Pre-Industrial World; 1 Hunters and Gatherers; 2 The Origins and Spread of Agriculture; 3 Early Urbanization and the Hydraulic Environment; 4 Resources, Population and Sustainability; 5 Environmental Degradation and the Collapse of Civilizations; 6 Sustainable Resource Management in Pre-industrial Societies; 7 Large-scale Landscape Modification: Pays and Pre-industrial Planning; 8 Clearing the Wood; 9 The Control of Water
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Landscapes on the Margin: Deserts, Hillslopes, Heath, Moor and GrasslandPart 2 The Transition to Modernity; 11 Feudal Landscapes; 12 Urbanization and Proto-industrialization; Part 3 The Modern Era; 13 The Impact of Agriculture; 14 Landscapes of Energy Acquisition: the Getting of Power; 15 Industrial Landscapes; 16 Modern Urban Landscapes: Modern Cities and City Life; 17 Postmodern Landscapes; 18 Metaphors and Meanings in Modern Landscapes: Reading the Landscape; 19 Landscapes of power and pleasure; 20 'Other' Landscapes; Part 4 The Global Era; 21 Globalized landscapes; 22 Conservation
Description / Table of Contents:
23 Conclusion: the Past, Present and Future of the Study of People, Land and TimeIndex
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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