MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01990cam a22003254a 4500
001 2003002187
003 DLC
005 20061102082001.0
008 030203s2004 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003002187
020 $a0415156866 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm51764553
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aGE160.M47$bW35 2004
082 00 $a363.7/2/091822$221
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100 1 $aWainwright, John,$d1967-
245 10 $aEnvironmental issues in the Mediterranean :$bprocesses and perspectives from the past and present /$cJohn Wainwright and John B. Thornes.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2004.
300 $axxviii, 479 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
440 0 $aRoutledge studies in physical geography and environment ;$v1
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [411]-468) and index.
505 0 $aThe Mediterranean region in its context -- The geological setting -- The Mediterranean climate and its evolution -- Vegetation -- The hydrological cycle of the basin and its watershed -- Erosion processes -- Fire -- The Mediterranean Sea -- Background to prehistoric and historic land use -- Traditional land-use patterns 1 : agriculture -- Traditional land-use patterns 2 : rural settlement -- Traditional land-use patterns 3 : urban settlement -- Traditional land-use patterns 4 : use of mineral resources -- The present human landscape -- Agricultural changes in the twentieth century -- The impact of depopulation -- Pollution -- Water resources -- The desertification problem -- Potential climatic change and its effects -- Key issues for mitigation.
651 0 $aMediterranean Region$xEnvironmental conditions.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zMediterranean Region.
650 0 $aHuman geography$zMediterranean Region.
700 1 $aThornes, John B.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2003002187-d.html