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The nature of Mediterranean Europe : an ecological history / A.T. Grove and Oliver Rackham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grove, A. T. (Alfred Thomas)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecology--Mediterranean Region.
- Ecology.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Mediterranean Europe is often interpreted as a "Lost Eden"--once verdant and fertile but progressively degraded by the mismanagement of successive human civilizations. The authors of this engaging book challenge such a view. They find that the aridity and barrenness of the region today is not abnormal in terms of its historic and prehistoric past, and they identify the real threats to Mediterranean landscapes in the immediate future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [366]-371) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300084439
- OCLC:
- 45854492
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