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Threatened landscapes : conserving cultural environments / edited by Bryn Green and Willem Vos.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape protection.
- Nature conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Spon Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Few, if any, environments are free of human intervention. Often this generates ecosystems which are rich in biodiversity, historical interest, recreational opportunity and scenic beauty just as worthy of conservation as the more natural ecosystems on which protection programmes have been almost exclusively focussed.These 'cultural landscapes', ranging from the farm and forest lands of Europe and Eastern North America, through to the pasture lands and savannas of the Middle East and Africa to the paddylands of the Pacific Rim, are usually the product of relatively low-level, sustainable exp
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-138-43742-5
- 9786610025664
- 1-280-02566-2
- 0-203-22089-7
- 9780203220894
- OCLC:
- 299512574
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