Environmental History – serie
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42 produkter
Polar Regions
An Environmental History
Inbunden, 2015
117 kr
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The environmental histories of the Arctic and Antarctica are characterised by contrast and contradiction. These are places that have witnessed some of the worst environmental degradation in recent history. But they are also the locations of some of the most farsighted measures of environmental …
Chicken
A History from Farmyard to Factory
Inbunden, 2020
152 kr
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Why has the chicken become the meat par excellence, the most plentifully eaten and popular animal protein in the world, consumed from Beijing to Barcelona? As renowned historian Paul Josephson shows, the story of the chicken's rise involves a whole host of factors; from art, to nineteenth-century …
Alps
An Environmental History
Av Jon Mathieu
Inbunden, 2019
120 kr
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Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and …
Profit
An Environmental History
Av Mark Stoll
Inbunden, 2022
556 kr
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Profit — getting more out of something than you put into it — is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored in wood, exploit the land, and refashion ecosystems. As civilization developed, we found more and more ways of extracting surplus value from the earth, …
Profit
An Environmental History
Av Mark Stoll
Häftad, 2024
181 kr
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Profit — getting more out of something than you put into it — is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored in wood, exploit the land, and refashion ecosystems. As civilization developed, we found more and more ways of extracting surplus value from the earth, …
Age of Water
The Urban Environment in the North of France, a.D. 300-1800
Häftad, 2013
341 kr
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Water is essential to human life, as mythology, religion, and history alike have recognised. Its availability has been a key determinant in patterns of settlement and agriculture, but its crucial role in shaping the layout and economic development of cities has not always been recognised. This …
Histories of Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean
Av Ana Isabel Queiroz, Simon Pooley
Häftad, 2018
1130 kr
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Bioinvasions is a current top research subject for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and a major concern for conservationists, land managers and planners. In the last decades, new findings, perspectives and practices have revealed the multifaceted challenges of preventing new …
Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008
The Mediterranean Way Towards Industrialization
Av Manuel González de Molina, David Soto Fernández m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
568 kr
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This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative …
Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008
The Mediterranean Way Towards Industrialization
Av Manuel González de Molina, David Soto Fernández m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
568 kr
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This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative …
Białowieża Primeval Forest: Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Av Tomasz Samojlik, Anastasia Fedotova m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1861 kr
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Understanding the current state and dynamics of any forest is extremely difficult - if not impossible - without recognizing its history. Białowieża Primeval Forest (BPF), located on the border between Poland and Belarus, is one of the best preserved European lowland forests and a subject of myriads …
Białowieża Primeval Forest: Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Av Tomasz Samojlik, Anastasia Fedotova m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1861 kr
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Understanding the current state and dynamics of any forest is extremely difficult - if not impossible - without recognizing its history. Białowieża Primeval Forest (BPF), located on the border between Poland and Belarus, is one of the best preserved European lowland forests and a subject of myriads …
Reconciling Human Needs and Conserving Biodiversity: Large Landscapes as a New Conservation Paradigm
The Lake Tumba, Democratic Republic of Congo
Inbunden, 2020
1643 kr
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Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. However, legitimate demands formulated by countries for their economic development, growing human populations, forest …
Reconciling Human Needs and Conserving Biodiversity: Large Landscapes as a New Conservation Paradigm
The Lake Tumba, Democratic Republic of Congo
Häftad, 2021
1643 kr
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Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. However, legitimate demands formulated by countries for their economic development, growing human populations, forest …
Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered Societal Development
Av Józef Hernik, Maria Walczycka m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1752 kr
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This book includes multi-national research studies (social and natural science research, as well as more directly practical university-based knowledge) about cultural heritage, land, and societal development in varied countries. The book is particularly about land use (as a fundamental aspect of …
Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered Societal Development
Av Józef Hernik, Maria Walczycka m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1752 kr
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This book includes multi-national research studies (social and natural science research, as well as more directly practical university-based knowledge) about cultural heritage, land, and societal development in varied countries. The book is particularly about land use (as a fundamental aspect of …
Cultivating Continuity of the European Landscape
New Challenges, Innovative Perspectives
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Saša Dobričič m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
2516 kr
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This edited volume reviews 20 years’ worth of research under the European Landscape Convention. The authors from the research network UNISCAPE offer readers insights into their combined efforts to carry out and support the goals of a sustainable European landscape. 20 years after defining these …
Cultivating Continuity of the European Landscape
New Challenges, Innovative Perspectives
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Saša Dobričič m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
2591 kr
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This edited volume reviews 20 years’ worth of research under the European Landscape Convention. The authors from the research network UNISCAPE offer readers insights into their combined efforts to carry out and support the goals of a sustainable European landscape. 20 years after defining these …
Agricultural Heritage Systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Antonio Santoro m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1207 kr
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Agriculture is often considered as one of the main threats to ecosystems. Unsustainable farming practices often result in habitat loss, inefficient use of water, soil degradation, pollution, genetic erosion, among other negative impacts on human life, including hunger, low food quality, reduced …
Agricultural Heritage Systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Antonio Santoro m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1243 kr
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Agriculture is often considered as one of the main threats to ecosystems. Unsustainable farming practices often result in habitat loss, inefficient use of water, soil degradation, pollution, genetic erosion, among other negative impacts on human life, including hunger, low food quality, reduced …
Social Metabolism
A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change
Av Manuel González de Molina, Víctor M. Toledo
Inbunden, 2024
1643 kr
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This book helps readers to understand the fast growing and timely concept of social metabolism. The authors shed a light on the different existing terms and methodologies that have been developed over the years. Through the study of history, readers will get an understanding of the main currents or …
Social Metabolism
A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change
Av Manuel González de Molina, Víctor M. Toledo
Häftad, 2025
1692 kr
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This book helps readers to understand the fast growing and timely concept of social metabolism. The authors shed a light on the different existing terms and methodologies that have been developed over the years. Through the study of history, readers will get an understanding of the main currents or …
Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst
Av Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Jelena Mrgić m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1692 kr
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This multi- and interdisciplinary book will offer novel environmental history (EH) research on Dinaric Karst, one of European largest continuous karstic areas, from prehistory to contemporary history. Various methodological approaches will be applied (e.g., archival investigations, oral-history …
Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst
Av Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Jelena Mrgić m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1243 kr
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This multi- and interdisciplinary book will offer novel environmental history (EH) research on Dinaric Karst, one of European largest continuous karstic areas, from prehistory to contemporary history. Various methodological approaches will be applied (e.g., archival investigations, oral-history …
Timber Economy in the Baltic Sea (1600–1939)
Inbunden, 2024
1467 kr
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This monograph puts a focus on the fundamental role of timber, in the European industrialization process. This ties into analyzing the early stages of globalization, which often solely revolves around the flow of capital. While this is also discussed in this book, the author paints a more complex …
Timber Economy in the Baltic Sea (1600–1939)
Häftad, 2025
1467 kr
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This monograph puts a focus on the fundamental role of timber, in the European industrialization process. This ties into analyzing the early stages of globalization, which often solely revolves around the flow of capital. While this is also discussed in this book, the author paints a more complex …
History of the Italian Forest Landscape
Inbunden, 2025
1355 kr
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The book explain the history of the italian forest landscape from preroman times to the present. The aim is to demonstrate that all the Italian forest have been shaped by human activities through the centuries and they are an important component of the Italian cultural landscape. The content …
History of the Italian Forest Landscape
Häftad, 2026
962 kr
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The book explain the history of the italian forest landscape from preroman times to the present. The aim is to demonstrate that all the Italian forest have been shaped by human activities through the centuries and they are an important component of the Italian cultural landscape. The content …
Basic Environmental History
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Simone Neri Serneri
Inbunden, 2014
1800 kr
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This book is an introductory instrument to the main themes of environmental history, illustrating its development over time, methodological implications, results achieved and those still under discussion. But the overriding aspiration is to show that the doubts, methods and knowledge elaborated by …
Biocultural Diversity in Europe
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Francesca Emanueli
Inbunden, 2016
1643 kr
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The book collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity, the United Nations Educational Scientific …
Basic Environmental History
Av Mauro Agnoletti, Simone Neri Serneri
Häftad, 2016
1800 kr
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This book is an introductory instrument to the main themes of environmental history, illustrating its development over time, methodological implications, results achieved and those still under discussion. But the overriding aspiration is to show that the doubts, methods and knowledge elaborated by …
