Environmental issues in the Mediterranean : processes and perspectives from the past and present / / John Wainwright and John B. Thornes.

• Superior document: Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 1
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Wainwright, John, 1967-
• TeilnehmendeR: Thornes, John B.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 1.
• Physical Description: xxviii, 479 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

The Mediterranean region in its context -- The geological setting -- The Mediterranean climate and its evolution -- Vegetation -- The hydrological cycle of the basin and its watershed -- Erosion processes -- Fire -- The Mediterranean Sea -- Background to prehistoric and historic land use -- Traditional land-use patterns 1 : agriculture -- Traditional land-use patterns 2 : rural settlement -- Traditional land-use patterns 3 : urban settlement -- Traditional land-use patterns 4 : use of mineral resources -- The present human landscape -- Agricultural changes in the twentieth century -- The impact of depopulation -- Pollution -- Water resources -- The desertification problem -- Potential climatic change and its effects -- Key issues for mitigation.