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Landscape studies provide a crucial perspective into the interaction between humans and their environment, shedding insight on social, cultural, and economic topics. The research explores both the way that natural processes have affected the development of culture and society, as well as the ways that natural landscapes themselves are the product of historical and cultural processes. Most previous studies of the landscape selectively focused on either the natural sciences or the social sciences, but the research presented in African Landscapes bridges that gap. This work is unique in its interdisciplinary scope. Over the past twelve years, the contributors to this volume have participated in the collaborative research center ACACIA (Arid Climate Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa), which deals with the relationship between cultural processes and ecological dynamics in Africa’s arid areas. The case studies presented here come from mainly Sahara/Sahel and southwestern Africa, and are all linked to broader discussions on the concept of landscape, and themes of cultural, anthropological, geographical, botanical, sociological, and archaeological interest. The contributions in this work are enhanced by full color photographs that put the discussion in context visually.

Africa --Environmental conditions. --- Africa --Social conditions. --- Arid regions --Africa. --- Human ecology --Africa. --- Human ecology --Namibia. --- Landscape ecology --Africa. --- Landscape ecology --Namibia. --- Landscapes --Social aspects --Africa. --- Human ecology --- Landscape ecology --- Arid regions --- Landscapes --- Sociology & Social History --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Social Change --- Anthropogeography & Human Ecology --- Social aspects --- Social sciences. --- Culture --- Environment. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Environment, general. --- Study and teaching. --- Human beings --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Cultural studies --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Ecology --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Africa --- Environmental conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Primitive societies --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Social sciences