Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst

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This multi- and interdisciplinary book will offer novel environmental history (EH) research on Dinaric Karst, one of European largest continuous karstic areas, from prehistory to contemporary history. Various methodological approaches will be applied (e.g., archival investigations, oral-history interviews, field work and laboratory analyses). Historical human adaptations to karstic environmental conditions, human interventions in environment, environmental dynamics and impacts of environmental change will be dealt with by focusing on historical uses of natural resources, their further ecological implications (e.g., fire hazard) and their change over time, on natural and social impacts of changes in weather and climate, on pollution and on intellectual EH. General characteristics and local peculiarities will be identified based on comparisons with foreign literature. Primary audience are historians, geographers, archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnologists, foresters and landscape architects.
Chapters 1, 5, 12 and 16 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
This multi- and interdisciplinary book will offer novel environmental history (EH) research on Dinaric Karst, one of European largest continuous karstic areas, from prehistory to contemporary history. Various methodological approaches will be applied (e.g., archival investigations, oral-history interviews, field work and laboratory analyses). Historical human adaptations to karstic environmental conditions, human interventions in environment, environmental dynamics and impacts of environmental change will be dealt with by focusing on historical uses of natural resources, their further ecological implications (e.g., fire hazard) and their change over time, on natural and social impacts of changes in weather and climate, on pollution and on intellectual EH. General characteristics and local peculiarities will be identified based on comparisons with foreign literature. Primary audience are historians, geographers, archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnologists, foresters and landscapearchitects.
Chapters 1, 5, 12 and 16 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Applies a rich variety of reflected methodologies and combines them in multi- and interdisciplinary ways to present environmental history of Dinaric Karst Covers a rich spectrum of environmental history contents than any existing work dealing with environmental history of Dinaric Karst Covers major parts of Dinaric karst (Dinaric Karst of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia), consequently, many results are representative for several ecosystems in the broader karstic area

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Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš

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environmental history dinaric karst history of karstic landscapes history of south-east europe paleo-environmental analysis management of natural resources natural resource management human-nature interactions in karstic landscapes long-term socio-ecological research traditional ecological knowledge history of karst research Historical Geography

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“This volume presents a rich and multifaceted analysis of landscape transformation, water management, forestry, and climate variation in one of Europe's most distinctive natural regions. … Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst is a significant contribution to environmental history and karst studies. Its meticulous research, interdisciplinary approach, and regional focus make it a valuable resource for historians, geographers … . the volume successfully advances the field of environmental history and offers a compelling model for future macro-regional studies.” (Johannes Mattes, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 74 (2), 2025)

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