Human ecology in the Wadi al-Hasa : land use and abandonment through the Holocene
| 1. Verfasser: |
Hill, J. Brett
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2006.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 194 p. : ill, maps, fig. ; 24 cm. |
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Table of contents |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Land use and land abandonment : a case study from west-central Jordan
- The costs and benefits of land management through time, space, and society
- History of the Hasa : from the origins of agriculture to the collapse of empires
- The evolution of the physical landscape
- A history of abandonment and resettlement
- A geographic information system analysis of potential erosion
- Reflections on the significance and causes of environmental degradation
- Conclusions.
