The Mediterranean: Environment and Society

ISBN-13: 9781138175884 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 332 str.

Russell King; Bernard Smith; Lindsay Proudfoot

Opis

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Recenzje

...an excellent book that deserves to become a standard text.
Geography

Spis treści

Introduction
Geological evolution of the Mediterranean basin
Mediterranean climate
Earth surface processes
The Graeco-Roman Mediterranean
The Mediterranean in the Medieval and Renaissance world
The Ottoman Mediterranean and its transformation, c. 1800-1920
Politics and society in the Mediterranean Basin
Mediterranean economies: the dynamics of uneven development
The European Union's Mediterranean policy
from pragmatism to partnership
Population growth: an avoidable crisis?
Five narratives for the Mediterranean city
The modernisation of Mediterranean agriculture
Tourism and uneven development in the Mediterranean
Water a critical resource
Forests, soils and the threat of desertification
Coastal zone management
Conclusion: from the past to the future of the Mediterranean.

O autorze

Russell King, Lindsay Proudfoot, Bernard Smith