People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment / Edition 1

by Brian Roberts

Overview

A historical introduction to the evolution of the relationship between people and their environment from the last ice age to the present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900340677147
Publication date:	05/01/1998
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Peter Atkins, Ian Simmons and Brian Roberts are Professors in the Department of Geography at the University of Durham, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Prehistoric landscapes
The origins of agriculture
Early Urbanization and environment
Resources and population pressure
Environmental degradation and collapse of civilizations
Clearing the wood
Resource Inventories
Sustainable resource management
Large scale landscape change
Fields in the landscape
Village settlement
Landscape planning
The transition from feudalism to capitalism
Elite landscapes
The evolution and impact of modern economic systems
The industrial revolution
Modern urban landscapes
The impact of agriculture
Frontier and wilderness
Issues of conservation
The future.

Editorial Reviews

An impressive breadth of vision, knowledge and abundant enthusiasm for seeking to unravel the complexities of people/environment relations collectively underpin this book. Through its careful organisation, comparative approaches and its lively text and varied illustrations, this book should appeal to undergraduates following introductory and cross-disciplinary courses.
Geographical Journal (RGS)

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