Editors:
- 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
Part of the book series: Environmental History (ENVHIS, volume 9)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Terraced Landscapes in the World: A General Overview
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Towards a Multifunctional Vision of Terraced Landscapes
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
Mauro Varotto
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Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Luca Bonardi
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Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro (PD), Italy
Paolo Tarolli
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: World Terraced Landscapes: History, Environment, Quality of Life
Editors: Mauro Varotto, Luca Bonardi, Paolo Tarolli
Series Title: Environmental History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96815-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96814-8Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96815-5Published: 06 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-9019
Series E-ISSN: 2211-9027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 356
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture