Environmental History
© 2019
World Terraced Landscapes: History, Environment, Quality of Life
Editors: Varotto, Mauro, Bonardi, Luca, Tarolli, Paolo (Eds.)
Free Preview- Offers a rich and updated overview of the situation of some of the most relevant terraced areas in Europe and in the World
- Offers a first time multifunctional approach to terraced areas, underlining their different values emerging from a multidisciplinary perspective (ecology, geomorfology, economy, anthropology, social geography, rural and urban planning)
- Invites to share a common vision and commitment to safeguard and enhance the multifaceted values of regional terraced systems in the framework of an international perspective and network
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This volume collects the best scientific contribution presented in the 3rd World Conference on Terraced Landscapes held in Italy from 6th to 15th October 2016, offering a deep and multifaceted insight into the remarkable heritage of terraced landscapes in Italy, in Europe and in the World (America, Asia, Australia).
It consists of 2 parts: a geographical overview on some of the most important terraced systems in the world (1st part), and a multidisciplinary approach that aims to promote a multifunctional vision of terraces, underlining how these landscapes meet different needs: cultural and historical values, environmental and hydrogeological functions, quality and variety of food, community empowerment and sustainable development (2nd part).
The volume offers a great overview on strengths, weaknesses, functions and strategies for terraced landscapes all over the world, summarizing in a final manifest the guidelines to provide a future for these landscapes as natural and cultural heritage.
- Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-4
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Terraced Vineyards in Europe: The Historical Persistence of Highly Specialised Regions
Pages 7-25
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Italian Terraced Landscapes: The Shapes and the Trends
Pages 27-43
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Slovenian Terraced Landscapes
Pages 45-62
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Landscape Typology of French Agrarian Terraces
Pages 63-77
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- World Terraced Landscapes: History, Environment, Quality of Life
- Editors
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- Mauro Varotto
- Luca Bonardi
- Paolo Tarolli
- Series Title
- Environmental History
- Series Volume
- 9
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-96815-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-96815-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-96814-8
- Series ISSN
- 2211-9019
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 356
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour
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