Beschreibung:
Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action
Part 1 OverviewQuarrying yams: perspectives from the edgeContingent constructions - cultural landscapes and environmental change Part 2 Methodological and Conceptual Tools from the SciencesTransformed landscapes - human impacts and the palaeoecological recordThe question of naturalness - environmental change in ecology and palaeoecology Part 3 Methodological and Conceptual Tools from the HumanitiesThe social construction of nature and landscapeThe production of knowledge and its policy implications Part 4 Contemporary Issues and the Long Term PerspectiveProtecting placesRestored, (p)reserved and created landscapesHumanised landscapes - a place for people?Identity, heritage and tourism.