Silvia Elena Piovan is tenured Researcher in the Department of History, Geography, and Antiquity Sciences at the University of Padova. She is also an Affiliate assistant professor at the Department of Geography, University of South Carolina. Dr. Piovan is Scientific Responsible of GIS Laboratory of the DiSSGeA Geography Section in Padova. Her research focuses on human and environment interaction with particular interests in the evolution of hydrological systems and human response. Her work has been funded by numerous agencies both in Italy and abroad, such as CaRiPaRo, MIUR, University of Padova, South Carolina Army National Guard, South Carolina Department of Transportation. Her current work focuses on the uniqueness of human management of forests and the mobility of people and coal in Kentucky.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Geo-Historical Approach in Environmental and Territorial Studies.- Chapter 3. Modern Maps.- Chapter 4. Historical Maps.- Chapter 5. Written Documents and Cultural Artifacts.- Chapter 6. Geographic Information System (GIS).- Chapter 7. Remote Sensing.- Chapter 8. Processing of Stratigraphical Archives.- Chapter 9. Other Methods.- Chapter 10. The Geo-Historical Approach in the Southern Venetian Plain.

Silvia Elena Piovan is tenured Researcher in the Department of History, Geography, and Antiquity Sciences at the University of Padova. She is also an Affiliate assistant professor at the Department of Geography, University of South Carolina. Dr. Piovan is Scientific Responsible of GIS Laboratory of the DiSSGeA Geography Section in Padova. Her research focuses on human and environment interaction with particular interests in the evolution of hydrological systems and human response. Her work has been funded by numerous agencies both in Italy and abroad, such as CaRiPaRo, MIUR, University of Padova, South Carolina Army National Guard, South Carolina Department of Transportation. Her current work focuses on the uniqueness of human management of forests and the mobility of people and coal in Kentucky.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Geo-Historical Approach in Environmental and Territorial Studies.- Chapter 3. Modern Maps.- Chapter 4. Historical Maps.- Chapter 5. Written Documents and Cultural Artifacts.- Chapter 6. Geographic Information System (GIS).- Chapter 7. Remote Sensing.- Chapter 8. Processing of Stratigraphical Archives.- Chapter 9. Other Methods.- Chapter 10. The Geo-Historical Approach in the Southern Venetian Plain.

Silvia Elena Piovan is tenured Researcher in the Department of History, Geography, and Antiquity Sciences at the University of Padova. She is also an Affiliate assistant professor at the Department of Geography, University of South Carolina. Dr. Piovan is Scientific Responsible of GIS Laboratory of the DiSSGeA Geography Section in Padova. Her research focuses on human and environment interaction with particular interests in the evolution of hydrological systems and human response. Her work has been funded by numerous agencies both in Italy and abroad, such as CaRiPaRo, MIUR, University of Padova, South Carolina Army National Guard, South Carolina Department of Transportation. Her current work focuses on the uniqueness of human management of forests and the mobility of people and coal in Kentucky.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Geo-Historical Approach in Environmental and Territorial Studies.- Chapter 3. Modern Maps.- Chapter 4. Historical Maps.- Chapter 5. Written Documents and Cultural Artifacts.- Chapter 6. Geographic Information System (GIS).- Chapter 7. Remote Sensing.- Chapter 8. Processing of Stratigraphical Archives.- Chapter 9. Other Methods.- Chapter 10. The Geo-Historical Approach in the Southern Venetian Plain.