Environmental problems of the Greeks and Romans : ecology in the ancient mediterranean /

• Main Author: Hughes, J. Donald (Johnson Donald), 1932- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Series: Ancient society and history
• Subjects: Ανθρώπινη οικολογία > Ελλάδα > Ιστορία.; Ανθρώπινη οικολογία > Ρώμη > Ιστορία.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Ecology in the Greek and Roman world
• The environment: life, land, and sea in the Mediterranean
• Ecological crises in earlier socities
• Concepts of the natural world
• Deforestation, overgrazing, and erosion
• Wildlife depletion and loss of habitat
• Agricultural decline
• Industrial technology and environmental damage
• War and the environment
• Urban problems
• Paradises and parks, gardens and groves
• Natural disasters
• Changing climates
• Environmental problems as factors in the decline of Greek and Roman civilization.