Cultural landscapes and environmental change

著者

• Head, Lesley

書誌事項

Cultural landscapes and environmental change

Lesley Head

（Key issues in environmental change）

Arnold , Oxford University Press, 2000

• : pbk

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780340731130

内容説明

Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action. As human influence on the earth increases, advances in palaeocological reconstruction have also allowed for new interpretations of the evidence for the earliest human impacts on the environment. It is essential that such evidence is examined in the context of modern trends in social sciences and humanities. This stimulating new book argues that convergence of the two approaches can provide a more holistic understanding of long-term physical and human processes. Split into two major sections, this book attempts to bridge the gap between the sciences and humanities. The first section, provides an analysis of the methodological tools employed in examining processes of environmental change. Empirical research in the fields of palaecology and Quaternary studies is combined with the latest theoretical views of nature and landscape occurring in cultural geography, archaeology and anthropology. The author examines the way in which environmental management decisions are made. The book then moves on to discuss the relevance of this perspective to contemporary issues through a wide variety of international case studies, including World Heritage protection, landscape preservation, indigenous people and cultural tourism.

目次

Part 1 Overview Quarrying yams: perspectives from the edge Contingent constructions - cultural landscapes and environmental change Part 2 Methodological and Conceptual Tools from the Sciences Transformed landscapes - human impacts and the palaeoecological record The question of naturalness - environmental change in ecology and palaeoecology Part 3 Methodological and Conceptual Tools from the Humanities The social construction of nature and landscape The production of knowledge and its policy implications Part 4 Contemporary Issues and the Long Term Perspective Protecting places Restored, (p)reserved and created landscapes Humanised landscapes - a place for people? Identity, heritage and tourism.

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780340731147

内容説明

Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action. As human influence on the earth increases, advances in palaeocological reconstruction have also allowed for new interpretations of the evidence for the earliest human impacts on the environment. It is essential that such evidence is examined in the context of modern trends in social sciences and humanities. This stimulating new book argues that convergence of the two approaches can provide a more holistic understanding of long-term physical and human processes. Split into two major sections, this book attempts to bridge the gap between the sciences and humanities. The first section, provides an analysis of the methodological tools employed in examining processes of environmental change. Empirical research in the fields of palaecology and Quaternary studies is combined with the latest theoretical views of nature and landscape occurring in cultural geography, archaeology and anthropology. The author examines the way in which environmental management decisions are made. The book then moves on to discuss the relevance of this perspective to contemporary issues through a wide variety of international case studies, including World Heritage protection, landscape preservation, indigenous people and cultural tourism.

目次

Part 1 Overview Quarrying yams: perspectives from the edge Contingent constructions - cultural landscapes and environmental change Part 2 Methodological and Conceptual Tools from the Sciences Transformed landscapes - human impacts and the palaeoecological record The question of naturalness - environmental change in ecology and palaeoecology Part 3 Methodological and Conceptual Tools from the Humanities The social construction of nature and landscape The production of knowledge and its policy implications Part 4 Contemporary Issues and the Long Term Perspective Protecting places Restored, (p)reserved and created landscapes Humanised landscapes - a place for people? Identity, heritage and tourism.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA49847643
• ISBN:
  • 0340731133
  • 0340731141
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London,New York
• ページ数/冊数: xxv, 179 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA46834000