Land Use Changes in Europe: Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations and Future Patterns - Couverture souple

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9789401054539: Land Use Changes in Europe: Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations and Future Patterns
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ISBN 10 : 9401054533 ISBN 13 : 9789401054539
Editeur : Springer, 2012

Synopsis

The patterns of land use that have evolved in Europe reflect the boundaries set by the natural environment and socio-economic responses to the needs of the population. Over the centuries man has been able to overcome increasingly the constraints placed on land use by the natural environment through the development of new technologies and innovations, driven by an increasing population and rising material expectations. However, activities are still ultimately constrained by natural limitations such as climatic characteristics and associated edaphic and vegetational features. A major problem for land management, in its broadest sense, can be a reluctance to foresee the consequent ecological changes. This means that mitigating strategies will not be implemented in time to prevent environmental degradation and social hardship, although in many parts of Europe, over some centuries, demands have been met in a sustainable way, by sound, prudent and temperate expectations that have dictated management regimes. The management of land in Europe has always been a complex challenge: land is the primary, though finite resource. DeciSions regarding the use of land and manipulation of ecosystem dynamics today may affect the long-term primary productivity of the resource. Decisions to change land use may be virtually irreversible; urbanization is an illustration of the influence of population density on the land resource.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9401054533
ISBN 13 
9789401054539
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
548
Éditeur
Brouwer F.M., Thomas A.J., Chadwick M.J.
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9780792310990: Land Use Changes in Europe: Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations, and Future Patterns

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0792310993 ISBN 13 :  9780792310990
Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991
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