The Mediterranean

Environment and Society
Herausgeber: King, Russell; Proudfoot, Lindsay; Smith, Bernard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 191mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780340652817
• ISBN-10: 0340652810
• Artikelnr.: 23449530

Autorenporträt

Russell King, Lindsay Proudfoot, Bernard Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Geological evolution of the Mediterranean basin
Mediterranean climate
Earth surface processes
The Graeco-Roman Mediterranean
The Mediterranean in the Medieval and Renaissance world
The Ottoman Mediterranean and its transformation, c. 1800-1920
Politics and society in the Mediterranean Basin
Mediterranean economies: the dynamics of uneven development
The European Union's Mediterranean policy
from pragmatism to partnership
Population growth: an avoidable crisis?
Five narratives for the Mediterranean city
The modernisation of Mediterranean agriculture
Tourism and uneven development in the Mediterranean
Water a critical resource
Forests, soils and the threat of desertification
Coastal zone management
Conclusion: from the past to the future of the Mediterranean.