Cultural Severance and the Environment
The Ending of Traditional and Customary Practice on Commons and Landscapes Managed in Common
Editors: Rotherham, Ian D. (Ed.)
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- Issues of landscape and biodiversity conservation on a par with climate change in terms of their importance
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- About this book
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This major book explores commons, lands and rights of usage in common, traditional and customary practices, and the cultural nature of ‘landscapes’. Importantly, it addresses now critical matters of ‘cultural severance’ and largely unrecognized impacts on biodiversity and human societies, and implications for conservation, sustainability, and local economies. The book takes major case studies and perspectives from around the world, to address contemporary issues and challenges from historical and ecological perspectives. The book developed from major international conferences and collaborations over around fifteen years, culminating ‘The End of Tradition?’ in Sheffield, UK, 2010. The chapters are from individuals who are both academic researchers and practitioners. These ideas are now influencing bodies like the EU, UNESCO, and FAO, with recognition by major organisations and stakeholders, of the critical state of the environment consequent on cultural severance.
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From the reviews:
“Cultural Severance and the Environment explores topics related to the ‘eco-cultural’ legacy of traditional management practices of common-held resources. … the specificity of the subject matter will make the book most relevant to students and researchers with an interest in commons and traditional commons management in Europe. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (J. L. Rhoades, Choice, Vol. 51 (6), February, 2014)
- Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Cultural Landscapes and Problems Associated with the Loss of Tradition and Custom: An Introduction and Overview
Pages 3-9
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Cultural Severance and the End of Tradition
Pages 11-30
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Globalism and the Enclosure of the Landscape Commons
Pages 31-46
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A Natural Origin of the Commons: Interactions of People, Animals and Invisible Biodiversity
Pages 47-55
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Valorising the European Rural Landscape: The Case of the Italian National Register of Historical Rural Landscapes
Pages 59-85
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Cultural Severance and the Environment
- Book Subtitle
- The Ending of Traditional and Customary Practice on Commons and Landscapes Managed in Common
- Editors
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- Ian D. Rotherham
- Series Title
- Environmental History
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-6159-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-6159-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-6158-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8052-0
- Series ISSN
- 2211-9019
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 447
- Topics
