People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment / Edition 1

by Brian Roberts, Peter Atkins, Ian Simmons

Overview

This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation, from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the "new" cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340677148
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/1998
Series:	Arnold Publications Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Atkins, Ian Simmons and Brian Roberts are Professors in the Department of Geography at the University of Durham, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Prehistoric landscapes
The origins of agriculture
Early Urbanization and environment
Resources and population pressure
Environmental degradation and collapse of civilizations
Clearing the wood
Resource Inventories
Sustainable resource management
Large scale landscape change
Fields in the landscape
Village settlement
Landscape planning
The transition from feudalism to capitalism
Elite landscapes
The evolution and impact of modern economic systems
The industrial revolution
Modern urban landscapes
The impact of agriculture
Frontier and wilderness
Issues of conservation
The future.

Editorial Reviews

An impressive breadth of vision, knowledge and abundant enthusiasm for seeking to unravel the complexities of people/environment relations collectively underpin this book. Through its careful organisation, comparative approaches and its lively text and varied illustrations, this book should appeal to undergraduates following introductory and cross-disciplinary courses.
Geographical Journal (RGS)

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