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World Terraced Landscapes: History, Environment, Quality of Life

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Editors:
  1. Mauro Varotto

    1. Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

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  2. Luca Bonardi

    1. Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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  3. Paolo Tarolli

    1. Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro (PD), Italy

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  • Offers a rich and updated overview of the situation of some of the most relevant terraced areas in Europe and in the World
  • Offers a first time multifunctional approach to terraced areas, underlining their different values emerging from a multidisciplinary perspective (ecology, geomorfology, economy, anthropology, social geography, rural and urban planning)
  • Invites to share a common vision and commitment to safeguard and enhance the multifaceted values of regional terraced systems in the framework of an international perspective and network

Part of the book series: Environmental History (ENVHIS, volume 9)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Mauro Varotto, Luca Bonardi, Paolo Tarolli
    Pages 1-4

  3. Terraced Landscapes in the World: A General Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Terraced Vineyards in Europe: The Historical Persistence of Highly Specialised Regions

      • Luca Bonardi
      Pages 7-25

    3. Italian Terraced Landscapes: The Shapes and the Trends

      • Mauro Varotto, Francesco Ferrarese, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo
      Pages 27-43

    4. Slovenian Terraced Landscapes

      • Lučka Ažman Momirski
      Pages 45-62

    5. Landscape Typology of French Agrarian Terraces

      • Jean-François Blanc
      Pages 63-77

    6. Terraced Fields in Spain: Landscapes of Work and Beauty

      • Sabina Asins-Velis
      Pages 79-96

    7. Terraced Landscapes in the Canary Islands: La Gomera, “The Terrace Island”

      • Lidia Esther Romero Martín, Antonio Ignacio Hernández Cordero, Aarón Santana Cordero, Carla Vargas Negrín, Juan Manuel Palerm Salazar
      Pages 97-118

    8. Terraced Landscapes in Perù: Terraces and Social Water Management

      • Lianet Camara, Mourik Bueno de Mesquita
      Pages 119-137

    9. Australian Dry Stone Terraces: An Historical and Contemporary Interpretation

      • Raelene Marshall
      Pages 139-158

    10. Agricultural Terraces in Mexico

      • José Manuel Pérez Sánchez
      Pages 159-176

  4. Towards a Multifunctional Vision of Terraced Landscapes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Mapping Agricultural Terraces in Italy. Methodologies Applied in the MAPTER Project

      • Francesco Ferrarese, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo, Alberto Cosner, Stefano Brugnaro, Kaodi Alum, Angelica Dal Pozzo et al.
      Pages 179-194

    3. Terraced Landscapes: Land Abandonment, Soil Degradation, and Suitable Management

      • Paolo Tarolli, Davide Rizzo, Gerardo Brancucci
      Pages 195-210

    4. Health, Seeds, Diversity and Terraces

      • Salvatore Ceccarelli
      Pages 211-224

    5. Comparative Studies on Pattern and Ecosystem Services of the Traditional Rice Agricultural Landscapes in East Asia

      • Yuanmei Jiao, Toshiya Okuro, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Luohui Liang, Xuan Gao
      Pages 225-238

    6. Terraced Lands: From Put in Place to Put in Memory

      • Ada Acovitsióti-Hameau
      Pages 239-249

    7. Economic Analysis of the Traditional Cultural Terraced Olive-Growing Landscape and Participatory Planning Process

      • Biancamaria Torquati, Lucio Cecchini, Sonia Venanzi, Giulia Giacchè
      Pages 251-271

    8. The Multidimensional Benefits of Terraced Landscape Regeneration: An Economic Perspective and Beyond

      • Luigi Fusco Girard, Antonia Gravagnuolo, Fortuna De Rosa
      Pages 273-293
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About this book

This volume collects the best scientific contribution presented in the 3rd World Conference on Terraced Landscapes held in Italy from 6th to 15th October 2016, offering a deep and multifaceted insight into the remarkable heritage of terraced landscapes in Italy, in Europe and in the World (America, Asia, Australia).

It consists of 2 parts: a geographical overview on some of the most important terraced systems in the world (1st part), and a multidisciplinary approach that aims to promote a multifunctional vision of terraces, underlining how these landscapes meet different needs: cultural and historical values, environmental and hydrogeological functions, quality and variety of food, community empowerment and sustainable development (2nd part).

The volume offers a great overview on strengths, weaknesses, functions and strategies for terraced landscapes all over the world, summarizing in a final manifest the guidelines to provide a future for these landscapes as natural and cultural heritage.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

    Mauro Varotto

  • Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Luca Bonardi

  • Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro (PD), Italy

    Paolo Tarolli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: World Terraced Landscapes: History, Environment, Quality of Life

  • Editors: Mauro Varotto, Luca Bonardi, Paolo Tarolli

  • Series Title: Environmental History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96815-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96814-8Published: 04 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96815-5Published: 06 December 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2211-9019

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-9027

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 356

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture

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