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Author : Edward Burtynsky
Release : 2001
Genre : Landscape photography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 124/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Residual Landscapes by : Edward Burtynsky
Download or read book Residual Landscapes written by Edward Burtynsky. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alison Reading
Release : 1995-10-30
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 747/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Humid Tropical Environments by : Alison Reading
Download or read book Humid Tropical Environments written by Alison Reading. This book was released on 1995-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book draws on recent work by geographers, biologists, ecologists, geologists and climatologists to present a complete and integrated appraisal of the natural environment of all the humid tropical regions of the world. The most complete textbook on this key subject. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Informative case studies and examples. Considers the physical environment as a whole and stresses the link between the elements.
Author : Eileen Apperson
Release : 2012-03
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 219/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pattern of the Land by : Eileen Apperson
Download or read book Pattern of the Land written by Eileen Apperson. This book was released on 2012-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eileen Apperson has always felt a visceral reaction to landscapes. The one she lives in has been compromised and altered, making her relationship to this place all the more complicated. The San Joaquin Valley has gone through series of transitions to become the worlds greatest agricultural region. To reach such status, the land has gone through sweeping alterations over the past 150 years. This has been due to a series of events brought about by missionaries, trappers, cattlemen famers, and finally a growing urban population. Pattern of the Land explores each of these stages in the valley's history by describing the uniqueness of its terrain. What brings this recorder upon the land closer is that the most significant of these changes have come at the hands of her family, the first settlers in a frontier. Pattern of the Land weaves family stories with historic accounts, focusing primarily on the region where the Kings River descends the Sierra to the area that was Tulare Lake. These sketches guide her search fit home in an altered landscape. Family has been one constant in the place she has grown to appreciate and is now proud to call home.
Author : Brian K. Roberts
Release : 2008-10-10
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 27X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Landscapes, Documents and Maps by : Brian K. Roberts
Download or read book Landscapes, Documents and Maps written by Brian K. Roberts. This book was released on 2008-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last half century has seen many studies of the origin of the English village. As a cross-disciplinary enquiry this book integrates materials from geography, history, economic history, archaeology, place-name studies, anthropology and even church architecture. These provide varied foundations, but the underlying subject matter always engages with landscape studies. Beginning with a rigorous examination of evidence hidden within the surviving village and hamlet plans seen on eighteenth and nineteenth century maps, the first half of the book shows how these can be classified, mapped, analysed and then interpreted as important parts of former medieval landscapes. Many specific case-studies are built into the argument, all being drawn from the author's lifetime work on northern England, and accessible language is employed. From this base, the argument develops, with the objective of integrating landscape studies with the descriptive and analytical practices of history, and drawing these together by using the cartographic methods of historical geography. This foundation leads gently into deeper waters; to the landed estates in which all settlements developed and the farming and social systems of which they were a part; to the land holding arrangements that were integrated into the physical plans, providing methods of sharing out the agricultural resources of arable, meadow, woodland and common grazings; and finally to the social divisions present within a changing society. A wholly new theme is found in the argument that certain types of land tenure were associated with a class of officer, land agent or dreng , who in northern England was often linked with the provision of tenants for new villages. It is clear from the evidence amassed that the deliberate founding of new villages and the establishment of new plans on older sites was taking place in the centuries between about AD 900 and 1250. Finally, the study moves beyond the North of England to review the European roots of planned villages and hamlets, and concludes with a challenging hypothesis about their origin in the whole of England. This provides pointers towards future enquiry.
Author : Lars Elenius
Release : 2016-11-10
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 689/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Indigenous Rights in Modern Landscapes by : Lars Elenius
Download or read book Indigenous Rights in Modern Landscapes written by Lars Elenius. This book was released on 2016-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the diverse use of Indigenous customary rights in modern landscapes from a multidisciplinary perspective. Divided into two parts, the first deals explicitly with Sámi customary rights in relation to nature conservation in the Nordic countries and Russia from a legal and historical perspective. The authors investigate how longstanding Sámi customary territorial rights have been reassessed in the context of new kinds of legislation regarding Indigenous people. They also look at the ideas behind the historical models of nature conservation. The second part deals with the ideas and implementation of new kinds of postcolonial models of nature conservation. The case of the Sámi is compared with other Indigenous people internationally with cases from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and India. The work investigates how the governance of protected areas has been influenced by the principles of equality and positive discrimination, and how it has affected the possibilities of establishing adaptive co-management arrangements for specific areas. How the legal situation of Indigenous peoples has been recognised in an international context is also investigated. The volume provides a multidisciplinary analysis of how the customary livelihood of Indigenous people has adapted to modern industrialised landscapes and also how postcolonial approaches have contributed to global changes of Indigenous rights and nature conservation models.
