Bell, Martin

Walker, Mike J. C.

Late Quaternary environmental change.

Physical and human perspectives.

Harlow

2005

0130333441

9780130333445

Verlagsinfo:
Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone.

Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.

Preface to the second edition

Acknowledgements

1. Environmental change and human activity

2. Evidence for environmental change

3. Natural environmental change

4. Consequences of climatic change

5. People in a world of constant change

6. Cultural landscapes, human agency and environmental change

7. People, climate and erosion

8. The role of the past in a sustainable future: environment and heritage conservation

9. The impact of people on climate

Bibliography

Index