Agrarian Landscapes in Transition: Comparisons of Long-Term Ecological and Cultural Change

by Charles L. Redman and David R. Foster

Agrarian Landscapes in Transition researches human interaction with the earth. With hundreds of acres of agricultural land going out of production every day, the introduction, spread, and abandonment of agriculture represents the most pervasive alteration of the Earth's environment for several thousand years. What happens when humans impose their spatial and temporal signatures on ecological regimes, and how does this manipulation affect the earth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195367960
• ISBN13: 9780195367966
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"