Seasonal Landscapes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Palang, Hannes (Editor), Sooväli, Helen (Editor), Printsmann, Anu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Landscape Series ; 7
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecology.; Landscape ecology.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics.

Seasonality is so obvious that we very often forget about it when doing landscape research. Seasonality is the interface where humans and nature really interact. Seasonality is expressed both in the natural rhythms of the landscape as well as in human lifestyles. Seasonality creates varying patterns...

Table of Contents:

• Seasonality and Landscapes
• Seasonality and Landscape Exploration in Northern Europe: An Introductory
• Seasonality in Brazil: Rain, Mud and Drought
• Seasonality in European Mountain Areas: A Study in Human Ecology
• Seasonality of Agricultural Landscapes: Reading Time and Place by Colours and Shapes
• Island Lifestyles in the Aegean Islands, Greece: Heaven in Summer, Hell in Winter?
• Seasonality of Second-Home Use in Denmark
• Landscape, Seasonality, and Tourism: A Survey with Examples from Central Europe
• From Experiential to Chronometric Seasonality – the Establishment of Seasons as a National Symbol in Modern Japan
• Seasonality, Rhythms and Post-Postmodern Everyday Urban Landscapes.