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Cultural Landscape

Hilary H. Birks, H. J. B. Birks, Peter Emil Kaland, Dagfinn Moe
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      The Cultural Landscape - Past, Present and Future considers different aspects of man's intervention with natural vegetation and the landscape resulting from a long equilibrium of co-existence. These landscapes are not stable, and the recent and ever accelerating changes in technology and life-style have increasingly affected many ancient landscapes, as old land-use practices are abandoned and traditions forgotten. The papers in this book describe and trace the development of cultural landscapes in different climatic and biogeographical regions in Europe. Remnants of traditional land-use still remaining are described, particularly from Western Norway, where traditions have lingered because the rugged topography of the region is inimicable to high-technology. Each chapter is by an expert in the field. The topics cover the documentation of present cultural landscapes, their maintenance and restoration, and the history of the development of cultural landscapes from the Stone Age onwards, linking the intensity of landscape utilization with population dynamics and technological attainments. The disciplines involved include vegetation science, vegetation history, ecology, palaeoecology, archaeology, sociology, geography and history.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Hilary H. Birks, H. J. B. Birks, Peter Emil Kaland, Dagfinn Moe EAN: 9780521617031 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 954 g HEIGHT: 247 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-12-16 CITY: GENRE: NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection WIDTH: 190 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Europe, Ecological science, the Biosphere

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      The Cultural Landscape - Past, Present and Future considers different aspects of man's intervention with natural vegetation and the landscape resulting from a long equilibrium of co-existence. These landscapes are not stable, and the recent and ever accelerating changes in technology and life-style have increasingly affected many ancient landscapes, as old land-use practices are abandoned and traditions forgotten. The papers in this book describe and trace the development of cultural landscapes in different climatic and biogeographical regions in Europe. Remnants of traditional land-use still remaining are described, particularly from Western Norway, where traditions have lingered because the rugged topography of the region is inimicable to high-technology. Each chapter is by an expert in the field. The topics cover the documentation of present cultural landscapes, their maintenance and restoration, and the history of the development of cultural landscapes from the Stone Age onwards, linking the intensity of landscape utilization with population dynamics and technological attainments. The disciplines involved include vegetation science, vegetation history, ecology, palaeoecology, archaeology, sociology, geography and history.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Hilary H. Birks, H. J. B. Birks, Peter Emil Kaland, Dagfinn Moe EAN: 9780521617031 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 954 g HEIGHT: 247 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-12-16 CITY: GENRE: NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection WIDTH: 190 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Europe, Ecological science, the Biosphere

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