Mediterranean Island Landscapes

Name: Mediterranean Island Landscapes
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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 with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.

Release date NZ

March 20th, 2008

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributors

Edited by A.M. Mannion
Edited by Gloria Pungetti
Edited by Ioannis N Vogiatzakis

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XXXII, 369 p.

Pages

369

Series

Landscape Series

Dimensions

155x235x20

ISBN-13

9781402050633

Product ID

2074304

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