P.H. Nienhuis, "Environmental History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta: An ecological story on evolving human-environmental relations coping with climate change and sea-level rise"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 1402082118 | PDF | pages: 636 | 12.9 mb
English | 2008 | ISBN: 1402082118 | PDF | pages: 636 | 12.9 mb
This unique text presents the environmental history of the lowland delta of the rivers Rhine and Meuse. It is an ecological story of evolving human-environmental relations and how they cope with climate change and sea-level rise. The text offers a combination of in-depth ecology and environmental history. The synthesis presents a blueprint for future management and restoration, from progressive reclamation of land in the past, to adaptation of human needs to the forces of nature.

