Regional, Earth Sciences 

This book addresses contemporary geographical issues in the Mediterranean Basin from a perspective that recognizes the physical characteristics and cultural interactions which link the different Mediterranean states as a recognisable geographic entity. Each chapter deals with major geographical issue currently facing the Mediterranean, and provides an invaluable summary of the extensive but widely dispersed literature relating to Mediterranean issues. Particular emphasis is placed on the interaction between society and environment in terms of environmental management, differential regional development and its associated political, demographic, cultural and economic tensions. The only undergraduate geography text to discuss patterns of human activity in the Mediterranean Basin within a physical environmental context. - from Amzon