From the reviews: "The editors of this book compile a multidisciplinary collection of case studies that examine human and environment relationships over different time periods, and focus particularly on how adaptive behaviors change in response to environmental change. ... Landscapes and Societies would be a valuable book for students and scholars who want to better understand the processes of societal and landscape change through an integrative analysis of the physical environment and human activities over time." (Kimberly E. Medley, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 27, 2012)

• PrefaceList of contributorsList of reviewersPart I. Introduction1. Summaries of the contributions and a few considerations; I. Peter Martini and Ward Chesworth2. A semantic introduction; Ward Chesworth3. Womb, belly and landscape in the Anthropocene; Ward ChesworthPart II. The Mediterranean and European world-arid Mediterranean lands4. Human responses to climatically-driven landscape change and resource scarcity: Learning from the past and planning for the future; Nickolas Brooks5. Human communities in a drying landscape: Holocene climate change and cultural response in the central Sahara; Mauro Cremaschi and Andrea Zerboni6. The desertification of the Egyptian Sahara during the Holocene (the last 10,000 years) and its influence on the rise of Egyptian civilization; Michael Brookfield7. Paleoenvironments and prehistory in the Holocene of SE Arabia; Andrew S. Goudie and  Adrian G. Parker8. Human paleoecology in the ancient metal-smelting and farming complex in the Wadi Faynan, SW Jordan, at the desert margin in the Middle East; Chris Hunt and Hwedi el-Rishi9. Empire and Environment in the Northern Fertile Crescent; Tony J. WilkinsonPart III. The Mediterranean and European world warm-temperate Mediterranean lands10. The interplay between environment and people from Neolithic to classical times in Greece and Albania; Eric Fouache and Kosmas Pavlopoulos11. The Nuragic people: Their settlements, economic activities and use of the land, Sardinia, Italy; Anna Depalmas and Rita T. Melis12. Floods, mudflows, landslides: adaptation of Etruscan–Roman communities to hydrogeological hazards in the Arno River catchment (Tuscany, Central Italy); Marco Benvenuti et al13. Landscape influenceson the development of the Medieval–Early Renaissance city-states of Pisa, Florence, and Siena, Italy; I. Peter Martini et al14. Paleo-hazards in the coastal Mediterranean: a geoarchaeological approach; Christophe Morhange and Nick Marriner15. Mount Etna, Sicily: Landscape evolution and hazard responses in the pre-industrial era; David K. Chester, Angus M. Duncan and Peter A. JamesPart IV. The Mediterranean and European world cool-temperate European lands 16. Romanian Carpathian landscapes and cultures; Adrian Cioacă and Mihaela S. Dinu17. Sea-level rise and the response of the Dutch people – Adaptive strategies based on geomorphologic principles give sustainable solutions; Pieter D. Jungerius18. Perception of volcanic eruptions in Iceland; Thorvaldur ThordarsonPart V South and East Asia19. Holocene environmental changes and the evolution of the Neolithic cultures in China; Duowen Mo et al.20. Landscape and subsistence in Japanese history; Gina L. Barnes21. Evolution of hydraulic societies in the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka; P.B. Dharmasena22. Disease in history: the case of the Austronesian expansion in the Pacific; Robert SallaresPart VI. Central and North America23. Farms and forests: Spatial and temporal perspectives on ancient Maya landscapes; Nicholas P. Dunning and Timothy Beach24. Water follows the people: Analysis of water use in the Western Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA; Ellen Wohl25. Frozen coasts and the development of Inuit culture in the North American Arctic; Robert W. ParkGlossaryIndexColor Plate Section

From the reviews: "The editors of this book compile a multidisciplinary collection of case studies that examine human and environment relationships over different time periods, and focus particularly on how adaptive behaviors change in response to environmental change. ... Landscapes and Societies would be a valuable book for students and scholars who want to better understand the processes of societal and landscape change through an integrative analysis of the physical environment and human activities over time." (Kimberly E. Medley, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 27, 2012)

• PrefaceList of contributorsList of reviewersPart I. Introduction1. Summaries of the contributions and a few considerations; I. Peter Martini and Ward Chesworth2. A semantic introduction; Ward Chesworth3. Womb, belly and landscape in the Anthropocene; Ward ChesworthPart II. The Mediterranean and European world-arid Mediterranean lands4. Human responses to climatically-driven landscape change and resource scarcity: Learning from the past and planning for the future; Nickolas Brooks5. Human communities in a drying landscape: Holocene climate change and cultural response in the central Sahara; Mauro Cremaschi and Andrea Zerboni6. The desertification of the Egyptian Sahara during the Holocene (the last 10,000 years) and its influence on the rise of Egyptian civilization; Michael Brookfield7. Paleoenvironments and prehistory in the Holocene of SE Arabia; Andrew S. Goudie and  Adrian G. Parker8. Human paleoecology in the ancient metal-smelting and farming complex in the Wadi Faynan, SW Jordan, at the desert margin in the Middle East; Chris Hunt and Hwedi el-Rishi9. Empire and Environment in the Northern Fertile Crescent; Tony J. WilkinsonPart III. The Mediterranean and European world warm-temperate Mediterranean lands10. The interplay between environment and people from Neolithic to classical times in Greece and Albania; Eric Fouache and Kosmas Pavlopoulos11. The Nuragic people: Their settlements, economic activities and use of the land, Sardinia, Italy; Anna Depalmas and Rita T. Melis12. Floods, mudflows, landslides: adaptation of Etruscan–Roman communities to hydrogeological hazards in the Arno River catchment (Tuscany, Central Italy); Marco Benvenuti et al13. Landscape influenceson the development of the Medieval–Early Renaissance city-states of Pisa, Florence, and Siena, Italy; I. Peter Martini et al14. Paleo-hazards in the coastal Mediterranean: a geoarchaeological approach; Christophe Morhange and Nick Marriner15. Mount Etna, Sicily: Landscape evolution and hazard responses in the pre-industrial era; David K. Chester, Angus M. Duncan and Peter A. JamesPart IV. The Mediterranean and European world cool-temperate European lands 16. Romanian Carpathian landscapes and cultures; Adrian Cioacă and Mihaela S. Dinu17. Sea-level rise and the response of the Dutch people – Adaptive strategies based on geomorphologic principles give sustainable solutions; Pieter D. Jungerius18. Perception of volcanic eruptions in Iceland; Thorvaldur ThordarsonPart V South and East Asia19. Holocene environmental changes and the evolution of the Neolithic cultures in China; Duowen Mo et al.20. Landscape and subsistence in Japanese history; Gina L. Barnes21. Evolution of hydraulic societies in the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka; P.B. Dharmasena22. Disease in history: the case of the Austronesian expansion in the Pacific; Robert SallaresPart VI. Central and North America23. Farms and forests: Spatial and temporal perspectives on ancient Maya landscapes; Nicholas P. Dunning and Timothy Beach24. Water follows the people: Analysis of water use in the Western Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA; Ellen Wohl25. Frozen coasts and the development of Inuit culture in the North American Arctic; Robert W. ParkGlossaryIndexColor Plate Section

From the reviews: "The editors of this book compile a multidisciplinary collection of case studies that examine human and environment relationships over different time periods, and focus particularly on how adaptive behaviors change in response to environmental change. ... Landscapes and Societies would be a valuable book for students and scholars who want to better understand the processes of societal and landscape change through an integrative analysis of the physical environment and human activities over time." (Kimberly E. Medley, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 27, 2012)

• PrefaceList of contributorsList of reviewersPart I. Introduction1. Summaries of the contributions and a few considerations; I. Peter Martini and Ward Chesworth2. A semantic introduction; Ward Chesworth3. Womb, belly and landscape in the Anthropocene; Ward ChesworthPart II. The Mediterranean and European world-arid Mediterranean lands4. Human responses to climatically-driven landscape change and resource scarcity: Learning from the past and planning for the future; Nickolas Brooks5. Human communities in a drying landscape: Holocene climate change and cultural response in the central Sahara; Mauro Cremaschi and Andrea Zerboni6. The desertification of the Egyptian Sahara during the Holocene (the last 10,000 years) and its influence on the rise of Egyptian civilization; Michael Brookfield7. Paleoenvironments and prehistory in the Holocene of SE Arabia; Andrew S. Goudie and  Adrian G. Parker8. Human paleoecology in the ancient metal-smelting and farming complex in the Wadi Faynan, SW Jordan, at the desert margin in the Middle East; Chris Hunt and Hwedi el-Rishi9. Empire and Environment in the Northern Fertile Crescent; Tony J. WilkinsonPart III. The Mediterranean and European world warm-temperate Mediterranean lands10. The interplay between environment and people from Neolithic to classical times in Greece and Albania; Eric Fouache and Kosmas Pavlopoulos11. The Nuragic people: Their settlements, economic activities and use of the land, Sardinia, Italy; Anna Depalmas and Rita T. Melis12. Floods, mudflows, landslides: adaptation of Etruscan–Roman communities to hydrogeological hazards in the Arno River catchment (Tuscany, Central Italy); Marco Benvenuti et al13. Landscape influenceson the development of the Medieval–Early Renaissance city-states of Pisa, Florence, and Siena, Italy; I. Peter Martini et al14. Paleo-hazards in the coastal Mediterranean: a geoarchaeological approach; Christophe Morhange and Nick Marriner15. Mount Etna, Sicily: Landscape evolution and hazard responses in the pre-industrial era; David K. Chester, Angus M. Duncan and Peter A. JamesPart IV. The Mediterranean and European world cool-temperate European lands 16. Romanian Carpathian landscapes and cultures; Adrian Cioacă and Mihaela S. Dinu17. Sea-level rise and the response of the Dutch people – Adaptive strategies based on geomorphologic principles give sustainable solutions; Pieter D. Jungerius18. Perception of volcanic eruptions in Iceland; Thorvaldur ThordarsonPart V South and East Asia19. Holocene environmental changes and the evolution of the Neolithic cultures in China; Duowen Mo et al.20. Landscape and subsistence in Japanese history; Gina L. Barnes21. Evolution of hydraulic societies in the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka; P.B. Dharmasena22. Disease in history: the case of the Austronesian expansion in the Pacific; Robert SallaresPart VI. Central and North America23. Farms and forests: Spatial and temporal perspectives on ancient Maya landscapes; Nicholas P. Dunning and Timothy Beach24. Water follows the people: Analysis of water use in the Western Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA; Ellen Wohl25. Frozen coasts and the development of Inuit culture in the North American Arctic; Robert W. ParkGlossaryIndexColor Plate Section