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An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and also refers to contemporary work done in Australia, England and the US. It probes the uncertainty and ambiguity of identities and cultures in post-apartheid society in order to gain a deep understan

Landscapes --- Landscapes in literature. --- Land use --- Apartheid --- Political aspects --- History --- History. --- South Africa --- Politics and government --- Blacks --- Segregation --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Landscape in literature --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Black people --- voortrekker --- monument --- south --- africa --- national --- party --- rule --- afrikaner --- nationalism --- african

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This collection of studies by anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and biologists is an important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology. The book combines cutting-edge research with new perspectives to emphasize the close relationship between humans and their natural environment. Contributors examine how alterations in the natural world mirror human cultures, societies, and languages. Treating the landscape like a text, these researchers decipher patterns and meaning in the Ecuadorian Andes, Amazonia, the desert coast of Peru, and other regions in the neotropics. They show how local peoples have changed the landscape over time to fit their needs by managing and modifying species diversity, enhancing landscape heterogeneity, and controlling ecological disturbance. In turn, the environment itself becomes a form of architecture rich with historical and archaeological significance. Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology explores thousands of years of ecological history while also addressing important contemporary issues, such as biodiversity and genetic variation and change. Engagingly written and expertly researched, this book introduces and exemplifies a unique method for better understanding the link between humans and the biosphere.

Human ecology --- Rain forest ecology --- Ethnobiology --- Agriculture --- Land use --- Landscape changes --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Change, Landscape --- Geomorphology --- Folk biology --- Folkbiology --- Indigenous peoples --- Traditional biology --- Biology, Economic --- Ethnoscience --- Equatorial forest ecology --- Rain forests --- Tropical rain forest ecology --- Forest ecology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on

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Environmental law --- Planning --- Law and legislation --- -Land use --- -Pollution --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- -Law and legislation --- -Environmental aspects --- Control --- Environmental aspects --- -Environmental law --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Management --- Organization --- Environmental law - Ireland. --- Environmental law - European Union countries. --- Planning - Law and legislation - Ireland.

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The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, synergetic factor combinations are found to be more common than single key factor explanations. Aggregated globally, multiple impacts of local land changes are shown to significantly affect central aspects of Earth System functioning. Innovative developments and applications in the fields of modeling and scenario construction are presented. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the most pressing implications for the design of appropriate intervention policies, and on new directions and frontiers of research.

Land use --- Global environmental change --- Landscape change --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change. --- Land cover. --- Landscape changes --- Geografie --- Environmental aspects. --- Landschapskunde --- Milieu en ecologie. --- Soil resources --- Forest resources --- Resource allocation --- land use --- Plant cover --- Urbanization --- farming systems --- Environmental impact --- Désertification --- Desertification --- Climatic change --- resource management --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- Change, Landscape --- Environment. --- Economic geology. --- Geobiology. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Climate change. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Human geography. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Climate Change. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Economic Geology. --- Human Geography. --- Biogeosciences. --- Geomorphology --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Change --- Ecology --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Ecology. --- Climatic changes. --- Geology, economic. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Government policy --- Desertification. --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Management --- Land use - Environmental aspects --- Landscape change - Environmental aspects