An Historical Geography of England: Twenty Years after

Darby, H. C.

doi:10.2307/1793955

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“…The historical dynamics of human impact on landscapes and the formation and development of cultural landscapes is studied by various disciplines like landscape science (and landscape ecology), historical geography, environmental history, historical ecology and geohistory which deal with broad diversity of conceptual frames, methodological approaches and data sources (Baker, 2003;Balée, 2006;Darby, 1953Darby, , 1960Darby, , 1977Hughes, 2006;Marcucci, 2000;Meyer & Crumley, 2012;Naylor, 2006;Newcomb, 1969;Nizovtsev, 2010;Piovan, 2020;Santana-Cordero & Szabo, 2019;Sauer, 1925Sauer, , 1941Thomas, 1956;Vampilova, 2008;Worster, 1988).…”

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Historical Dynamics of Human Impact on Landscapes of Vitosha Mountain (SW Bulgaria)

Tzvetkov

2022

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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This article presents a study of the historical dynamics of human impact on the landscapes of Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. Information about the main historical and present-day anthropogenic impacts on landscapes was obtained from a various data sources and field research. These impacts include hunting, agriculture, grazing, logging, charcoal production, iron production, gold mining, stone quarry, reforestation, recreation. Five historical phases of anthropogenic impact on landscapes are recognized in our analysis: the Prehistoric phase, the Antiquity phase, the Mediaeval phase, the Ottoman phase and the Modern phase. The greatest anthropogenic impact was during the Ottoman phase, when the intensive agricultural and mining (iron and gold) activities contributed to a great landscape transformation and degradation. The functional purposes on the territory of Vitosha have undergone a radical change since 1934. The human impact on landscapes has gradually decreased and economic use gave way to conservation and recreation.

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Historical Dynamics of Human Impact on Landscapes of Vitosha Mountain (SW Bulgaria)

Tzvetkov

2022

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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“…In many parts of Europe where there is a strong tradition of enquiry into historical geography/landscape history, and where mapped historical information is often widely available, this provides a strong basis for inclusion of cultural information in LCA. Recent work in the UK on historic landscape characterisation [23], and a long tradition of enquiry in historical ecology and landscape history [24][25][26], has contributed significantly towards the incorporation of cultural information into the landscape character assessment process. This is not a situation that is typical of other parts of Europe and, certainly in an Eastern Mediterranean context, this proved to be the case: much of this information had to be generated from primary map sources to generate proxy information on cultural attributes, e.g., field and settlement patterns.…”

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Transferring Landscape Character Assessment from the UK to the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges and Perspectives

Griffiths

2018

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Landscape character assessment (LCA) has a significant contribution to make as a spatial framework for the emerging concept of 'multi-functional landscapes', a landscape providing a range of functions, services, and human-derived benefits. The paper reviews the development of LCA in Northwest Europe with a brief description of more recent LCA projects in a Mediterranean context. This is followed by a comparative description of the Living Landscapes approach developed in the UK as applied to Cyprus. The focus is upon the challenges, and limitations, of transferring a method developed in one context to the different physical and cultural setting of the island of Cyprus examining differences in the definition of landscapes, the availability of information on the cultural landscape, the importance of incorporating a strong element of 'time-depth', and the potential of LCA for enhancing land use policy at a time of increased land pressures in the Mediterranean.

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1980

Journal of Historical Geography

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An Historical Geography of England: Twenty Years after

Cited by 23 publications

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Historical Dynamics of Human Impact on Landscapes of Vitosha Mountain (SW Bulgaria)

Historical Dynamics of Human Impact on Landscapes of Vitosha Mountain (SW Bulgaria)

Transferring Landscape Character Assessment from the UK to the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges and Perspectives

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