Environmental Sustainability and Global Change: Forests, Agriculture, and Soils VIS À VIS Human Disturbance

Environmental Sustainability and Global Change: Forests, Agriculture, and Soils vis vis Human Disturbance offers an integrated approach to the socio-environmental dynamics of the ecological-economic nexus characteristic of Mediterranean landscapes. Evidencing the role of policies targeting sustainable development goals in Southern Europe, case studies from Italy, Spain, and Greece confirm the need of place-specific approaches to socio-ecological complexity and the partial effectiveness of generalized, top-down measures. Authored by leading scholars in Southern Europe - with eminent contributions from Eastern Europe - the book identifies the intrinsic peculiarity of the environmental-economic nexus characteristic of the Northern Mediterranean basin, along with important regional differences.

Stimulating a spatial planning for rural areas, the book proposes a dynamic image of Mediterranean rural landscapes, providing novel interpretations, conceptual definitions, and operational tools designed to reduce ecological fragility and economic vulnerability.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443315965
• ISBN13: 9780443315961
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"