Island Landscapes
Island Landscapes

Author: Gloria Pungetti

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1317111990

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Island Landscapes takes a critical look at the evolution of European islandscapes and seascapes to examine the conditions facing them in the twenty first century. Considering island landscapes as an expression of European culture, this book envisages future trends and presents clearly the need to find a balance between preservation and development to ensure sustainability. Both large and small islands are illustrated in the book including the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus as well as archipelagos in Norway, Italy and Greece. Their unique identities and values reveal the remarkable breadth of cultural heritage possessed by these diverse European islands. An interdisciplinary approach is applied to the history, perception, characterisation and planning of islandscape and seascape in Europe, to support culturally-oriented strategies for these fragile landscapes.

Island Landscapes
Island Landscapes

Author: Gloria Pungetti

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1317112008

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Island Landscapes takes a critical look at the evolution of European islandscapes and seascapes to examine the conditions facing them in the twenty first century. Considering island landscapes as an expression of European culture, this book envisages future trends and presents clearly the need to find a balance between preservation and development to ensure sustainability. Both large and small islands are illustrated in the book including the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus as well as archipelagos in Norway, Italy and Greece. Their unique identities and values reveal the remarkable breadth of cultural heritage possessed by these diverse European islands. An interdisciplinary approach is applied to the history, perception, characterisation and planning of islandscape and seascape in Europe, to support culturally-oriented strategies for these fragile landscapes.

Mediterranean Island Landscapes
Mediterranean Island Landscapes

Author: Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-02-26

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 140205064X

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Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands. Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.

Pacific Island Landscapes
Pacific Island Landscapes

Author: Patrick D. Nunn

Publisher: [email protected]

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9789820201293

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"Pacific island landscapes explores the origin and physical history of one of the least known regions of the Earth's surface - the Pacific Islands. Never before has such a systematic account of the island groups been compiled. In this volume, Patrick Nunn outlines how each of the main island groups originated then gives detailed accounts - much from his own research -- - of islands in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. A final substantive chapter treats the interaction of early human settlers of Pacific Islands and their environments."--Back cover

Restoring Disturbed Landscapes
Restoring Disturbed Landscapes

Author: David J Tongway

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1597265802

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Restoring Disturbed Landscapes is a hands-on guide for individuals and groups seeking to improve the functional capacity of landscapes. Abundantly illustrated with photos and figures, Restoring Disturbed Landscapes is an engaging and accessible work designed specifically for restoration practitioners with limited training or experience in the field. It uses a five-step adaptive procedure to tell restorationists where to start, what information they need to acquire, and how to apply this information to their specific situations. Cosponsored by the Society for Ecological Restoration International and Island Press, this series offers a foundation of practical knowledge and scientific insight that will help ecological restoration become the powerful reparative and healing tool that the world needs

Long Island Landscapes and the Women Who Designed Them
Long Island Landscapes and the Women Who Designed Them

Author: Cynthia Zaitzevsky

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2009-02-24

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780393731248

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An account of eminent women landscape architects who flourished in the golden age of country estates. This beautiful book covers in depth the work of six designers Beatrix Farrand, Martha Hutcheson, Marian Coffin, Ellen Shipman, Ruth Dean, and Annette Hoyt Flanders and looks at a dozen other less-well-known women. It focuses on the Long Island projects that constituted a large part of their work and brings these pioneering women to life as people and as professionals.

The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables
The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables

Author: Catherine Reid

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1604698586

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One of Smithsonian magazine’s Best Books About Travel of 2018 The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables explores L. M. Montgomery’s deep connection to the landscapes of Prince Edward Island that inspired her to write the beloved Anne of Green Gables series. From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover’s Lane, you’ll be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novels. Using Montgomery’s journals, archives, and scrapbooks, Catherine Reid explores the many similarities between Montgomery and her unforgettable heroine, Anne Shirley. The lush package includes Montgomery’s hand-colorized photographs, the illustrations originally used in Anne of Green Gables, and contemporary and historical photography.

The Prehistoric Island Landscape of Scilly
The Prehistoric Island Landscape of Scilly

Author: Gary Robinson

Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13:

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This, the first study specifically of Scillonian prehistory, aims most importantly to provide a chronological framework through the assessment of available radiocarbon dates, the reconsideration of past excavations and the isolation of chronologically distinctive artefacts.

Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition
Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition

Author: Kim Sorvig

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2018-02

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 161091810X

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Basic principles : "Sustainability" in context -- Principle 1 : Keep healthy sites healthy -- Principle 2 : Heal injured soils and sites -- Principle 3 : Favor living, flexible materials -- Principle 4 : Respect the waters of life -- Principle 5 : Pave less -- Principle 6 : Consider origin and fate of materials -- Principle 7 : Know the costs of energy over time -- Principle 8 : Celebrate light, respect darkness -- Principle 9 : Quietly defend silence -- Principle 10 : Maintain to sustain -- Principle 11 : Demonstrate performance, learn from failure -- Sustaining principles, evolving efforts.

Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure

Author: Mark A. Benedict

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1597267643

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With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: large scale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual parcel to the multi-state region, Green Infrastructure helps each of us look at the landscape in relation to the many uses it could serve, for nature and people, and determine which use makes the most sense. In this wide-ranging primer, leading experts in the field provide a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and citizen activists.