Late Quaternary Environmental Change : Physical and Human Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780130333445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 368 str.

Walker Mike

Opis

Addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.

Spis treści

Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgements
1. Environmental change and human activity
2. Evidence for environmental change
3. Natural environmental change
4. Consequences of climatic change
5. People in a world of constant change
6. Cultural landscapes, human agency and environmental change
7. People, climate and erosion
8. The role of the past in a sustainable future: environment and heritage conservation
9. The impact of people on climate
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Martin Bell, M.J.C. Walker