书目名称 | Mediterranean Island Landscapes | 副标题 | Natural and Cultural | 编辑 | Ioannis Vogiatzakis,G. Pungetti,A. M. Mannion | 视频video | | 概述 | Only book dealing with Mediterranean island landscapes.Written by Mediterranean islands experts, thus offering first hand knowledge of theory and practice.Multidisciplinary effort that encompasses an | 丛书名称 | Landscape Series | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .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 the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands...Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing | 出版日期 | Book 2008 | 关键词 | Environmental change; Holozän; Islands; Landscape; Nature & culture; biology; cultural change; ecology; ecos | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5064-0 | isbn_softcover | 978-90-481-7271-9 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-5064-0Series ISSN 1572-7742 Series E-ISSN 1875-1210 | issn_series | 1572-7742 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 |
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