Global land use change : a perspective from the Columbian Encounter

B. L. Turner II (edicion) Affiliation: Not available Biography: Not available Antonio Gómez Sal (edicion) Affiliation: Not available Biography: Not available Fernando González Bemáldez (edicion) Affiliation: Not available Biography: Not available Francesco di Castri (edicion) Affiliation: Not available Biography: Not available Close window

Edition: B. L. Turner II; Antonio Gómez Sal; Fernando González Bemáldez; Francesco di Castri About the authors  Publication year: 2022 Language: English Subjects: Earth Sciences Free eBook

Abstract:

The quincentenary of the Columbian Encounter was met with an outpouring of concern about how this event and its repercussions were to be interpreted. Environmental impacts have ranked high among the concerns raised. Some professionals view the encounter as a signijicant antecedent of contemporary global environmental change, at least in the areas of land cover and land use. Current modelling of some environmental changes requires an understanding of changes associated with the encounter. Others seek to compare the nature-society relationships of European and Amerindian cultures, with revisionist interpretations vilifying the former and canonizing the latter. Of this discourse, however, little has been drawn on the evidence and interpretations available from the best and most up-to-date a large body of scholarly work on the environmental and land-use history of the periods and places in question.

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