Description
RESOURCES AND TERRITORY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND NEW BALANCES
Book Summary
This collective work offers a profound and multidisciplinary analysis of the relationship between natural resources and the territory. Through a historical perspective, the authors examine how soil, water, minerals, and forests have been transformed to satisfy human needs, generating conflicts and solutions over time. The book invites reflection on the new eco-social balances necessary to face current challenges of sustainability and land management.
What is it about?
The book addresses the complex interaction between society and natural resources from a historical and contemporary perspective. It analyzes how elements such as soil, the subsoil, minerals, inland waters, oceans, the atmosphere, solar radiation, living beings, and forests have been conceptualized as eco-social resources. The work explores the different viewpoints that have been projected onto these resources, from traditional use practices to territorial conflicts and the solutions adopted in each era. Furthermore, it proposes a reflection on the need to redefine the balances between human development and the conservation of the natural environment in the current context.
Main Topics
- Historical management of natural resources and its impact on the territory
- Territorial conflicts derived from the exploitation of eco-social resources
- New balances between human needs and environmental sustainability
- Multidisciplinary perspective on soil, water, minerals, and forests as resources
- Transformation of natural resources into eco-social resources throughout history
Who is it recommended for?
This book is recommended for scholars and professionals in geography, environmental history, political ecology, and the social sciences. It is also of interest to territorial managers, urban and rural planners, as well as anyone interested in the relationship between society and the natural environment from a critical and historical perspective.
What this book offers
- A comprehensive and historical vision of the relationship between natural resources and the territory
- Analysis of conflicts and solutions in resource management over time
- Reflection on the new eco-social balances necessary for a sustainable future
- Multidisciplinary perspective that enriches the understanding of current territorial challenges
- A reference work for research and academic debate on resources and territory
Technical Data
- Author: Various authors
- Publisher: Cossetània Edicions
- Language: Catalan
- Subject: Yearbooks, almanacs, annual publications; social issues and processes
- Collection: Publicacions CCEPC
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: November 2017
- Number of pages: 704
- Weight: 2298 g
Editorial Review
This is a far-reaching work that combines academic rigor with a historical perspective relevant to understanding current challenges in natural resource management. Its collective and multidisciplinary structure makes it a valuable tool for researchers and professionals seeking a complete and contextualized analysis of the balances between territory and society. Recommended for those who want to delve into the eco-social dimension of resources from a critical and proactive viewpoint.