Mediterranean Island Landscapes Natural and Cultural Approaches /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vogiatzakis, Ioannis (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pungetti, G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mannion, A. M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Landscape Series, 9
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Historical geology.; Geography.; Ecology.; Landscape ecology.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Historical Geology.; Geography, general.; Environment, general.; Cultural Heritage.

Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Nature and Culture in Mediterranean Islands
• to the Mediterranean Island Landscapes
• The Tertiary–Quaternary Environmental History of the Mediterranean Basin: The Background to Mediterranean Island Environments
• Holocene History of Mediterranean Island Landscapes
• Island Biogeography and Landscape Ecology
• Cultural Landscapes of Mediterranean Islands
• Political Landscapes of Mediterranean Islands
• Mediterranean Island Landscapes
• Sicily
• Sardinia
• Cyprus
• Corsica
• Crete
• The Balearic Islands
• The Maltese Archipelago
• Future Perspectives
• Landscape Strategies
• Conclusions.