Threatened Landscapes; Conserving Cultural Environments

Threatened Landscapes; Conserving Cultural Environments

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Book Description

This book documents the changes in 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. The contributors illustrate them through detailed case studies of a representative selection of threatened landscapes, analyzes their underlying causes and explores ways by which they can continue to be maintained, or new landscapes created which maintain their desired characteristics.

Threatened Landscapes,Bryn Green,Spon Press,041925630X,Business / Economics / Finance,Development - Sustainable Development,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Green Business,Land Conservation,Landscape protection,Nature conservation,Nature/Ecology,Architecture / Landscape,Conservation of the environment,Europe,Landscape art & architecture,North America

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