Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change

Lesley Head

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780340731147
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317835967
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Human Geography

Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action. As human influence on the earth increases, advances in palaeocological reconstruction have also allowed for new interpretations of the evidence for the earliest human impacts on the environment. It is essential that such evidence is examined in the context of modern trends in social sciences and humanities. This stimulating new book argues that convergence of the two approaches can provide a more holistic understanding of long-term physical and human processes.



Split into two major sections, this book attempts to bridge the gap between the sciences and humanities. The first section, provides an analysis of the methodological tools employed in examining processes of environmental change. Empirical research in the fields of palaecology and Quaternary studies is combined with the latest theoretical views of nature and landscape occurring in cultural geography, archaeology and anthropology. The author examines the way in which environmental management decisions are made. The book then moves on to discuss the relevance of this perspective to contemporary issues through a wide variety of international case studies, including World Heritage protection, landscape preservation, indigenous people and cultural tourism.

Index

Note: page numbers in bold refer to figures and illustrations; page numbers in italics refer to tables and boxes.

Aachen Cathedral 92

Abies alba 114–15, 116

Abies spectabilis 134

Aboriginal people

colonization 19, 30

environmental aspirations 121–2, 122, 150

fire management 129–30, 129

fish weir 61

globalization 124–5

heritage dilemmas 156

and introduced animals 123–4

knowledge systems 123–4, 123

and landscape concept 55–6

localness 124–5

and national identity 139–40

prehistoric social landscapes 61, 61, 63

quarrying yams xix–xxii, xx–xxii

rock art 147

tourism 150

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 94–8, 123, 150

Acer spp. 39, 114–15, 116

acid deposition 31–2

Africa

and colonization 18

critical management issues 44

deforestation 26–7, 73–6, 73–4, 75

driving forces for change 44

human–wildlife conflicts 130–1, 131, 132

hunter-gatherer landscapes 26–7, 26

national identity 138, 139

national parks 113–14, 114–15, 130–1, 131, 132

pollen records 15

refugium theory 40

rock art 112, 150, 152, 153

sacred groves 90, 132–3, 133

species responses 38, 40

African civet 131

agriculture

arbor-centric management 134–5

Common Agricultural Policy 105–7

contested land...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of illustrations
• List of tables
• List of boxes
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• I OVERVIEW
• II METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS FROM THE SCIENCES
• III METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS FROM THE HUMANITIES
• IV CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND THE LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE
• Conclusion
• References
• Index