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Nienhuis, Piet H.

Environmental History of the Rhine–Meuse Delta

Nienhuis, Piet H. - Environmental History of the Rhine–Meuse Delta, e-bok

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Table of contents

I. Human Occupation and Management of a Fertile Delta

1. Introduction

2. Prehistory and Early History of the Delta

3. The Delta in the Later Middle Ages (800–1500)

4. Technical Achievements in River Management (1500–1800)

5. River Management after 1800: Complete Regulation and Canalisation

II. The Legacy of Human Intervention

6. Changes in the Relation Between Man and Nature

7. Land Use: Agriculture and Use of Wood

8. River Fisheries Through the Ages

9. Floods and Flood Protection

10. Human Intervention in the SW Delta

11. Human Intervention in Tributaries of the Large Rivers

III. History of Industrial Pollution and its Control

12. Changing Rhine Ecosystems: Pollution and Rehabilitation

13. Changing Meuse Ecosystems: Pollution and Rehabilitation

14. Pollution and Rehabilitation of the Aquatic Environment in the Delta

IV. Ecology of Biota in a Man-Made Landscape: Deterioration and Rehabilitation

15. River-Fish Fauna of the Delta

16. Eelgrass Wax and Wane: A Case Study

17. Exotics and Invasions of Plants and Animals

18. Changes in Biodiversity: Lower Organisms, Vegetation and Flora

19. Changes in Biodiversity: Birds and Mammals and their Use

V. An Ecological Story on Evolving Human-Environmental Relations Coping with Climate Change and Sea-level Rise - A Synthesis

20. The Making of the Delta

21. The Future of the Delta

Nyckelord: Environment, Environmental Management, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Ecology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

Författare
Utgivare
Springer
Utgivningsår
2008
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Sidantal
658 sidor
Kategori
Naturvetenskaper
Format
E-bok
eISBN (PDF)
9781402082139

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