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The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History

The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History Reviews Ian Dormor A. T. Grove and Oliver Rackham, The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History (2001) Yale University Press, London. 384 pp. This is a challenging book, in that its prime remit is line drawings, diagrams, maps and tables the reader is to question and discredit the widely held opinion that guided through the different lines of enquiry that con- the landscape of Mediterranean Europe is largely tribute to this multi-disciplinary study. These include spoiled and will eventually become desertified. This climatology, geology, geomorphology, historical eco- assumption has its roots in Ruined Landscape Theory, logy, human history and the impact of specific events a collection of generalisations that have little scientific such as fire and flood. basis. Paradoxically, perhaps, this impressive volume The authors stress the importance of using a totality was spawned by the authors’ and contributors’ invol- of sources rather than being solely reliant upon written vement with Project III of the MEDALUS 2 history – a fundamental plank of the discipline of (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use) research landscape history – and in this the book breaks much projects set up by the European Community from 1991 new ground. As such it contains much http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscapes Taylor & Francis

The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History

Dormor, Ian
Landscapes , Volume 3 (1): 2 – Apr 1, 2002
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2002 Maney
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2040-8153
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1466-2035
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10.1179/lan.2002.3.1.105
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Reviews Ian Dormor A. T. Grove and Oliver Rackham, The Nature of Mediterranean Europe: An Ecological History (2001) Yale University Press, London. 384 pp. This is a challenging book, in that its prime remit is line drawings, diagrams, maps and tables the reader is to question and discredit the widely held opinion that guided through the different lines of enquiry that con- the landscape of Mediterranean Europe is largely tribute to this multi-disciplinary study. These include spoiled and will eventually become desertified. This climatology, geology, geomorphology, historical eco- assumption has its roots in Ruined Landscape Theory, logy, human history and the impact of specific events a collection of generalisations that have little scientific such as fire and flood. basis. Paradoxically, perhaps, this impressive volume The authors stress the importance of using a totality was spawned by the authors’ and contributors’ invol- of sources rather than being solely reliant upon written vement with Project III of the MEDALUS 2 history – a fundamental plank of the discipline of (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use) research landscape history – and in this the book breaks much projects set up by the European Community from 1991 new ground. As such it contains much

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