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Tables of Contents for Threatened Landscapes
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
T. Tryzna
Preface
xi
B.H. Green
W. Vos
List of Contributors
xiii
Part one What are landscapes?
1
40
Landscape development and change
3
18
F.H.A. Aalen
The study of landscape history
3
2
The meshing of nature and culture
5
1
Time layers in the landscape
6
1
Dynamics of landscape change
7
2
Prehistoric outlines
9
2
Historic landscapes
11
10
Ecological pattern and process at the landscape scale
21
10
B.H. Green
Pattern in landscapes
22
3
The response of species to landscape pattern
25
1
Nutrient and energy flows in landscapes
26
2
The practical application of ecological theory
28
3
An environmental classification of European landscapes
31
10
R.G.H. Bunce
Approaches to landscape classification
32
1
A multivariate methodology
33
1
The Great Britain land classification
33
2
The European classification
35
1
European land classes
35
4
Scale
39
1
Conclusions
39
2
Part Two Landscapes worthy of protection
41
110
Polders
43
2
Krimpenerwaard, The Netherlands
45
12
H.C. Greven
W. Vos
The historical geography of the area
46
2
Flora and fauna
48
1
Water management
49
1
Recreation
49
1
Threats and their proposed resolutions
50
7
Japanese landscapes
53
1
T. Shigematsu
Y. Yamamori
Ejin Oasis, Inner Mongolia, China
54
1
Chen Changdu
Mountains
55
2
Sognefjord, Norway
57
12
I. Austad
L. Hauge
Geology and topography
58
1
Vegetation
58
1
Animal populations
59
1
Land use
59
1
The modern rural economy
60
1
Settlement and transport
61
1
Recreation
62
1
Cultural associations
62
1
The importance of the landscape
62
1
Trends threatening the landscape
63
1
The future
64
5
Mount Carmel, Israel
65
1
D. Y. Kaplan
Atlantic healthland, Ytre Fensfjord and Lurefjorden, Norway
66
1
P. Kaland
Mediterranean islands
67
2
Gavdhos, Crete
69
12
A.T. Grove
J. Moody
O. Rackham
The structure of the landscape
70
1
Vegetation
71
2
Animals
73
1
History, archaeology and land use
73
1
Settlement patterns
74
1
Farming and herding
74
1
Population
75
1
Cultural uses and associations
76
1
Recreation and tourism
76
1
Ecological dynamics
76
1
Landscape change
77
1
The future
78
3
Omalos Plain, Crete
81
10
I.P. Ispikoudis
V.P. Papanastasis
Land use
81
2
Flora and fauna
83
1
Settlement patterns
83
1
Socio-economic systems
83
1
Literary and artistic associations
84
1
Significance and status of the landscape
84
1
The future of the area
85
6
Balearic landscapes
86
1
M. Morey
Rio S. Lucia lowlands, Sardinia
87
2
G. Pungetti
Coltura promiscua (mixed cropping)
89
2
The Solano Basin, Italy
91
14
W. Vos
Geology and geomorphology
91
2
Land-use history
93
1
Population and settlement
93
1
Flora and vegetation
94
2
The value of the landscape
96
1
Threats
96
9
Montado (Dehesa) of Portugal and Spain
100
3
T. Pinto-Correia
J. Mascarenhas
Bocage (wooded farmland)
103
2
The Weald of Kent and Sussex, England
105
14
E.A. Simmons
Geology and geomorphology
105
1
Vegetation
106
1
The rural economy
107
1
Land use
108
2
Historical monuments
110
1
Landscape change
110
1
Protection and management
111
2
Conclusion
113
4
Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
114
1
J. Russell
Banska Stiavnica, Slovak Republic
115
2
L. Miklos
Landscape conservation
117
2
Identifying threatened, valued landscapes
119
10
D. Bruns
B.H. Green
Survey
119
1
Evaluation
120
2
Landscape appreciation
122
2
Evaluation methodologies
124
2
Monetary evaluations
126
1
Conclusion
127
2
European landscapes in transition: levels of intervention
129
10
D.M. Wascher
The economic transition
130
1
The policy transition
131
5
The socio-holistic transition
136
2
Integrated environmental reporting
138
1
Managing old landscapes and making new ones
139
12
B.H. Green
W. Vos
Sustainable land use
140
1
Farmers as landscape managers
141
3
An environmental market for post-modern landscapes?
144
1
The future of farming
145
3
New lives, new landscapes
148
3
References
151
10
Index
161