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Animals, water, wind, and people flow at different rates according to spatial patterns common to almost all landscapes and regions. This up-to-date synthesis explores the ecology of heterogeneous land areas, where natural processes and human activities interact to produce an ever changing mosaic. The subject has great relevance to contemporary society and this book reflects the breadth of this importance: there are many ideas and applications for planning, conservation, design, management, sustainability and policy. Spatial solutions are provided for society's land-use objectives. Students and professionals alike will be drawn by the attractive and informative illustrations, the conceptual synthesis, the wide international perspective, and the range of topics and research covered.

This is the first major publication of the Discovery Programme's Medieval Rural Settlement Project. The book is a study of the medieval region that contained and was defined by the presence of Ireland's largest nucleated settlement. Combining documentary and archaeological data, this volume explores the primary settlement features of the hinterland area, including defensive monuments, manors, the church, and the Pale. It examines the ways in which resources of the region were managed and exploited to produce food, fuel, and raw materials for both town and country, and it investigates the processing of these raw materials for human consumption. Then as now, the city profoundly affected its surrounding area through its demands for resources and through the ownership of land by Dubliners (ecclesiastics and lay) and the control of trade by city merchants. In addition to presenting a timely examination of urban-rural interaction, the book contributes to wider debates on topics such as settlement landscapes, the role of lordship, and the productivity of agriculture.

This is the first major publication of the Discovery Programme's Medieval Rural Settlement Project. The book is a study of the medieval region that contained and was defined by the presence of Ireland's largest nucleated settlement. Combining documentary and archaeological data, this volume explores the primary settlement features of the hinterland area, including defensive monuments, manors, the church, and the Pale. It examines the ways in which resources of the region were managed and exploited to produce food, fuel, and raw materials for both town and country, and it investigates the processing of these raw materials for human consumption. Then as now, the city profoundly affected its surrounding area through its demands for resources and through the ownership of land by Dubliners (ecclesiastics and lay) and the control of trade by city merchants. In addition to presenting a timely examination of urban-rural interaction, the book contributes to wider debates on topics such as settlement landscapes, the role of lordship, and the productivity of agriculture.

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...Powell's Report On The Lands Of The Arid Region was a sober and farsighted warning about the consequences of trying to impose on a dry country the habits that have been formed in a wet one...-Wallace Stegner

Profusely illustrated with color satellite maps. Most of the maps have location identifiers. Holy Land Satellite Map in back pocket. Side A: Beginnings to Ezra-Nehemiah. Side B: Ezra-Nehemiah to Justinian.

Unread book in perfect condition.

Albuquerque 1983 1st University of New Mexico. ISBN 0-8263-0681-0. Hardcover. Large octavo, 356pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ, rubbed.

Profusely illustrated with color satellite maps. Most of the maps have location identifiers. Holy Land Satellite Map in back pocket. Side A: Beginnings to Ezra-Nehemiah. Side B: Ezra-Nehemiah to Justinian.

Unread book in perfect condition.

An attractive, popular natural history of this karst region with a major focus on the vascular plants (with many range maps). Thirty two pages of color photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Regions on the Run, produced by Biblical Backgrounds, presents regions, routes and economic strategies in the land's three main arenas and illustrates these through historical events. The book is laid out in two-page spreads addressing the following topics: Pages 6-9 (two introductory spreads) discuss the land of the Bible as a 'Land Between' the physical forces of sea and desert, wet and dry and the powerful centers of Egypt and Aram (northwestern Mesopotamia) and also set the land's story within the shadow of the Imperial Highways that linked Egypt with Aram. Pages 10-15 (three colorful spreads) present the land's well-watered and heavily traveled Northern Arena with its major battlefields surrounded by Phoenicia, Damascus and the northern kingdom of Israel. Pages 16-21 (three more spreads) present the land's arid and more difficult Southern Arena, which hosted major trade routes disputed by Edom, the land of the Philistines and the southern kingdom of Judah. Pages 22-29 (four spreads) examine the land's strategic Central Arena as the battlefield of the Central Hill Country and Jerusalem. Gateways in and out of this arena make it the focal point of biblical history. Pages 30-41 (one spread) provide a lucid summary of history from the time of Isaiah to the days of Jesus; a parallel outline of the four Gospels with regional color-coding; and Bible history set graphically in three historical charts.

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor. Through the eyes of award-winning authors, we see a changing China—from the Cultural Revolution to the country’s infamous one-child policy—giving us a profound look at the evolution of a land that is at once ancient and modern.

One of The Economist€™s 2011 Books of the Year Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? These questions are asked and answered in a number of ways in this engaging, original consideration of the many histories that contribute to the brilliance€”and weakness€”of Italy today.David Gilmour€™s wonderfully readable ex­ploration of Italian life over the centuries is filled with provocative anecdotes as well as personal observations, and is peopled with the great fig­ures of the Italian past€”from Cicero and Virgil to Dante and the Medicis, from Garibaldi and Cavour to the controversial politicians of the twentieth century. Gilmour€™s wise account of the Risorgimento, the pivotal epoch in modern Italian history, debunks the nationalistic myths that surround it, though he paints a sympathetic portrait of Giuseppe Ve

Albuquerque 1983 1st University of New Mexico. ISBN 0-8263-0681-0. Hardcover. Large octavo, 356pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ, rubbed.

Through most of their history, Italians have identified more with their own locales than with what is now known as Italy. This comprehensive reference allows readers to view the land as its denizens have for centuries--regionally. Domenico superbly surveys the regional and provincial characteristics and culture of the 20 regions, including economy, cuisine, history, recent politics, and arts. This is the only single general reference volume in English on Italy's regions and will be highly in demand by teachers, students of Italian language and culture, and travelers.Italy's enormous contributions to western civilization continue to make it a cultural and economic powerhouse and a top tourist destination. The Regions of Italy succinctly conveys the formidable richness of the whole through its parts, with a user-friendly format that makes it easy to glean the important information on the area of interest. A chronology, glossary, and wide selection of photos accompany the text.

This report represents one of a series of seven cultural resource overviews covering the southern California deserts completed between 1974 and 1981. These overviews were contracted by the Bureau of Land Management, Desert Planning Staff, to aid in the formulation of a desert-wide land use plan and to judge impacts projected from plan implementation.

The Big Thicket region is centered in Hardin County but includes land in Tyler, Jasper, Newton, Polk, Liberty, Orange, and Jefferson Counties as well. Changes to the dense forests of the thicket began with pioneers who first cleared land for family farms and communities. Economic pressure on the forests occurred as steam engines rode iron rails through vast stands of yellow pine and timber harvesting laid waste in a "cut and get out" sawmilling method. The oil boom also resulted in enormous changes as town populations doubled almost overnight. In 1936, R.E. Jackson, a conductor on the Santa Fe Railway, formed the first organization with the goal of protecting the thicket. Later individuals continued the fight, and in 1974, the United States Congress authorized the Big Thicket National Preserve. The preserve, with its 112,500 acres in nine land units and six water corridors, now protects the remnants of a biological crossroads that once covered more than three million acres.

This report represents one of a series of seven cultural resource overviews covering the southern California deserts completed between 1974 and 1981. These overviews were contracted by the Bureau of Land Management, Desert Planning Staff, to aid in the formulation of a desert-wide land use plan and to judge impacts projected from plan implementation.

With land planning, socioeconomics and natural systems as foundations, this book combines urban planning and ecological science in examining urban regions. Writing for graduate students, academic researchers, planners, conservationists and policy makers, and with the use of informative urban-region color maps, Richard Forman analyzes 38 urban regions from 32 nations, including London, Chicago, Ottawa, Brasilia, Cairo, Seoul, Bangkok, Canberra, and a major case study of the Greater Barcelona region. Alternative patterns of urbanization spread (including sprawl) are evaluated from the perspective of nature and people, stating land-use principles extracted from landscape ecology, transportation and hydrology. Good, bad and interesting spatial patterns for creating sustainable land mosaics are pinpointed, and urban regions are considered in broader contexts, from climate change to biodiversity loss, disasters and sense of place.