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Tables of Contents for The Mediterranean
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Contributors
xi
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgements
xv
Introduction: An Essay on Mediterraneanism
1
11
Russell King
Aims and scope of the book
1
1
Definition of the Mediterranean
2
4
Mediterraneanism
6
3
Conclusion: unity and diversity in the modern Mediterranean
9
1
References
10
2
Geological Evoluation of the Mediterranean Basin
12
18
Alstair Ruffell
Introduction
12
2
Neotectonics
14
3
Ophiolites
17
2
The Tethyan Ocean
19
3
Geological structure and topography
22
1
The Messinian Salinity Crisis
23
3
The economic geology of the Mediterranean
26
2
References
28
2
Mediterranean Climate
30
15
Allen Perry
Introduction
30
1
The seasonal cycle of climate
31
2
Climate and two major economic activities
33
3
Floods and droughts: the price of climatic variability
36
1
Local winds
36
2
Temperature and precipitation trends during the period of instrumental record
38
1
The pre-instrumental climate record
39
1
The future Mediterranean climate
39
3
Conclusions
42
1
References
42
3
Earth Surface Processes in the Mediterranean
45
12
Helen Rendell
Introduction
45
1
Desertification and land degradation
46
1
Mass movements
46
3
Processes on hillslopes
49
4
Channel processes
53
1
Aeolian processes
54
1
Conclusions
54
1
References
55
2
The Graeco-Roman Mediterranean
57
18
Lindsay Proudfoot
Greece, Hellenism and Rome: towards a geography of the Mediterranean, ca. 800BC-395AD
58
13
The end of Empire
71
1
References
72
3
The Mediterranean in the Medieval and Renaissance World
75
19
Brain Graham
Context and themes
75
2
Ideology, conquest and social structure
77
6
Economy, trade and urbanisation in the medieval Mediterranean
83
7
Crisis and Renaissance
90
2
References
92
2
The Ottoman Mediterranean and its Transformation, ca. 1800--1920
94
14
Lindsay Proudfoot
The Ottoman Mediterranean, ca. 1800
96
4
Trajectories of change, ca. 1800-1920
100
6
The end of Empire
106
1
References
106
2
Politics and Society in the Mediterranean Basin
108
18
Nurit Kliot
Introduction
108
1
The historical development of the Mediterranean
108
2
Mediterranean unity
110
3
Diversity and division in the Mediterranean region
113
3
Unresolved conflicts
116
7
Conclusions
123
1
References
124
2
Mediterranean Economies: The Dynamics of Uneven Development
126
29
Michael Dunford
Introduction
126
1
The historical roots of the contemporary economics scene
126
2
Geographies of development and underdevelopment
128
1
Differentials in human development
129
4
Trends in the geographical distribution of wealth
133
1
Agrarian change and the countryside in the non-European Mediterranean
133
7
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern oil
140
4
Oil and development
144
6
The modernisation of southern Europe
150
2
Conclusions
152
1
References
153
2
The European Union's Mediterranean Policy: From Pragmatism to Partnership
155
9
Alun Jones
Introduction
155
1
The European Union's Mediterranean policy, 1957-72
155
2
The emergence of a `global' Mediterranean policy after 1972
157
2
European Union policy towards the Mediterranean region since the mid-1980s
159
2
The Barcelona conference on EU policy towards the Mediterranean
161
1
Conclusions
162
1
References
163
1
Population Growth: An Avoidable Crisis?
164
17
Russell King
Introduction
164
1
Population in history
165
3
A demographic reservoir for Europe
168
2
Current growth patterns: the Mediterranean as a demographic frontier
170
4
Is migration the solution to the crisis?
174
4
Conclusions: population and geopolitics in the Mediterranean
178
1
References
179
2
Five Narratives for the Mediterranean City
181
13
Lila Leontidou
Introduction
181
1
Eternal and ephemeral: city-states, colonies, capital cities
182
2
Urbanisation without industrialisation
184
1
Islamic and European cityscapes: informality, religion, gender
185
3
Diffuse industralisation beyond the Third Italy
188
1
Social forces in city building and spatial regulation
189
2
Conclusions
191
1
References
192
2
The Modernisation of Mediterranean Agriculture
194
14
Jeff Pratt
Don Funnell
Introduction
194
3
The transformation of agriculture
197
1
Rural modernisation in Southern Europe
198
4
Rural development in the Maghreb
202
4
Conclusions
206
1
References
207
1
Tourims and Uneven Development in the Mediterranean
208
19
Allan Williams
Introduction
208
1
The changing map of Mediterranean tourism
209
5
Mass tourism: social construction and polarisation
214
4
Footprints in the sand: the economic, environmental and cultural impacts of mass tourism
218
6
Conclusions
224
1
References
225
2
Water: A Critical Resource
227
25
Bernard Smith
Introduction
227
2
Water supply
229
4
Demand
233
5
Management of freshwater resources
238
8
Future prospects for water resources
246
4
References
250
2
Forests, Soils and the Threat of Desertification
252
21
Hazel Faulkner
Alan Hill
Introduction
252
1
Patterns of vegetation distribution
252
1
Native vegetation types
253
2
The influence of human activity on Mediterranean vegetation: anthropogenic influences
255
3
Global warming and Mediterranean vegetation: climatic influences
258
2
Mediterranean soils
260
3
Mediterranean soil degradation
263
2
Managing erosion
265
3
Fire: a particular Mediterranean hazard
268
2
Conclusions
270
1
References
270
3
Coastal Zone Management
273
27
George Dardis
Bernard Smith
Introduction
273
1
The Mediterranean Sea
273
2
The Mediterranean coastal margin
275
5
Coastal problems in the Mediterranean
280
6
Managing Mediterranean coastal problems
286
9
The `commons' problem in the Mediterranean
295
2
References
297
3
Conclusion: From the Past to the Future of the Mediterranean
300
6
Lindsay Proudfoot
Bernard Smith
Mediterranean identity revisited
300
1
A marginal place?
301
1
Resource shortage and environmental stress
302
1
From cultural diversity to contemporary geopolitics
303
1
The contradictions of development
304
1
References
305
1
Index
306