The Basic Environmental History

Agnoletti, Maruro; Serneri, Simone Neri

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09180-8

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“…Environmental history is a complex diachronic study of the relationships and interrelationships between society and nature, as Hughes (2006) well defined in What is environmental history? In this sense, environmental history is set within the economy, climate, natural resources (e.g., water and soil), the development of society, social and cultural representations, the landscape and its geoforms and the dangers, disasters and technological accidents, for example (AGNOLETTI; SERNERI, 2014;BEINART, 2000;MCNEILL, 2003;SIMMONS, 2022;WORSTER, 1988).…”

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Historical Cartography (NE, Brazil): A Study of Coastal Geoforms Cartographed Post-Discovery

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Meireles

Paula

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Geomorphological studies are crucial for understanding the evolution of relief, and when associated with cartography, they enhance the interpretation and knowledge of environmental dynamics. Hence, historical cartography is essential for the documental rescue of landscapes, which, based on the mapped geoforms, enhances post-discovery studies for the state of Ceará, Brazil. Historically, this state was intermittently mapped in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries but gained greater attention from Portugal in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries after its separation from Pernambuco. Despite this, cartographic studies on coastal geoforms are not typical for the Ceará coast over a given period, highlighting the importance of this investigation. Therefore, this article aimed to study the environmental history of the coastal geoforms mapped on the extreme west coast of Ceará in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This research had a qualitative and exploratory basis, with cartographic documental surveys online and in loco, covering the municipalities of Jijoca de Jericoacoara, Camocim, and Barroquinha. Fifty maps of different origins were collected, three of which were used: a French sketch and two Portuguese maps. In the French material of 1615, geoforms in the Cape de la Tortue indicated the presence of a rocky island separated from the mainland. From the Portuguese map of 1629, a well-cut coastline was noted, identifying Buraco das Tartarugas, where there were two islands of different sizes. In the 1794 map, an island in the cove called Geri qua Coá was noted, differing in landscape from the previous ones, as it did not have tombolos connected to the continent. The cartographies presented particularities for revealing a possible advance in the local sea level. Thus, it is possible to motivate future research in the area of historical cartography as a tool for the analysis of the paleogeographic evolution of the coastal zones of Ceará.

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Historical Cartography (NE, Brazil): A Study of Coastal Geoforms Cartographed Post-Discovery

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“…"The natural world and human societies are more easily understandable when they are considered as two systemic and complex realities, fully interactive with each other. They are the most strongly interactive with each other because they rest on the same material, physical, chemical and biological base" [15] (p. vi). Accordingly, "disasters occur at the intersection of nature and culture and illustrate, often dramatically, the mutuality of each in the constitution of the other" [16] (p. 24).…”

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Reconstruction as a Long-Term Process. Memory, Experiences and Cultural Heritage in the Irpinia Post-Earthquake (November 23, 1980)

Moscaritolo¹

2020

Geosciences

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Reconstruction after an earthquake is often seen as a material issue, which concerns “objects” such as houses, roofs, and streets. This point of view is supported by the mass media showing the work progress in the disaster areas, especially in conjunction with anniversaries. Rather, we should consider reconstruction as a complex social process in which cultural backgrounds, expectations, and ideas of the future come into play, without neglecting geological, historical, legislative, economic, and political factors. Combining oral history sources and archival records, the article shows the paths taken by two small towns among the most affected by the earthquake of 23rd November 1980 (Mw 6.9). These towns have made opposite reconstruction choices (in situ and ex novo) representing two classical and different ways in which human societies can face their past and think their own future. A careful analysis of these forty-year experiences, with a special focus on cultural heritage, provides useful indications for post-disaster reconstructions in which more attention to the process, and not just to the final product, should be paid.

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Evaluating of the sustainability of complex rural ecosystems during the transition from agricultural villages to tourist destinations and modern agri-food systems

Sgroi¹

2022

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research

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The Basic Environmental History

Cited by 12 publications

References 14 publications

Historical Cartography (NE, Brazil): A Study of Coastal Geoforms Cartographed Post-Discovery

Historical Cartography (NE, Brazil): A Study of Coastal Geoforms Cartographed Post-Discovery

Reconstruction as a Long-Term Process. Memory, Experiences and Cultural Heritage in the Irpinia Post-Earthquake (November 23, 1980)

Evaluating of the sustainability of complex rural ecosystems during the transition from agricultural villages to tourist destinations and modern agri-food systems

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