Overview
- The first book written in English on integrated environmental history of the Delta from pre-historic times up to the present day
- Presents an ecological story on evolving human-environmental relations coping with climate change and sea-level rise
- The strength of the book is the combination of in depth ecology and environmental history
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Human Occupation and Management of a Fertile Delta
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History of Industrial Pollution and its Control
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Ecology of Biota in a Man-Made Landscape: Deterioration and Rehabilitation
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"This is a substantial … book dealing with the delta of the Rhine and Meuse Rivers. … The book claims to be the first English language book integrating the environmental history of the Delta. … the target audience to be specialists in this area of environmental science. … students of ecology would also benefit from dipping into the interesting case studies if they can find it in the library." (Owen Jones, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, Vol. 40 (1), 2009)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Piet Nienhuis (Groningen, 29 October 1938) passed through an international career of 40 years as researcher (biologist, ecologist) and research leader at the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, and as professor and director at the Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and the Free University Brussels (Belgium). He was chairman and advisor of services of the European Commission and several Dutch governmental departments. He published hundreds of scientific publications, mainly devoted to ecology and environmental sciences, in particular to estuarine and river ecology and management. After his retirement in 2003 he continued his writing activities, together with his editorial and advisory work.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta
Book Subtitle: An ecological story on evolving human-environmental relations coping with climate change and sea-level rise
Authors: Piet H. Nienhuis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8213-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8211-5Published: 21 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7808-7Published: 06 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8213-9Published: 06 May 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 640
Topics: Climate Change, Environmental Management, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Ecology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning