The end of tradition?
Subtitle: part 1. A history of commons and commons management : cultural severance and commons past; part 2. Commons : current management and problems : cultural severance and commons present
By: edited by Ian D. Rotherham, Mauro Agnoletti and Christine Handley
Contributors: Sheffield Hallam University
Series: Landscape archaeology and ecology -- Volume 8 (1) and 8 (2); Landscape archaeology and ecology -- v. 8.
Publisher: Wildtrack Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sheffield [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9781904098560
Subjects: Landscape ecology; Landscape changes; Environmental management; Endangered ecosystems
Other titles: History of commons and commons management; Commons :; Aspects of commons and cultural severance in the landscape; End of tradition? Aspects of commons and cultural severance in the landscape.
Description: "The threats from global cultural change and abandonment of traditional landscape management increased in the last half of the twentieth century and ten years into the twenty-first century show no signs of slowing down. Their impacts on global biodiversity and on people disconnected from their traditional landscapes pose real and serious economic and social problems which need to be addressed now. The End of Tradition conference held in Sheffield, UK, was organised by Professor Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues. It addressed the fundamental issues of whether we can conserve the biodiversity of wonderful and iconic landscapes and reconnect people to their natural environment. And, if we can, how can we do so and make them relevant for the twenty-first century."--
Notes: Papers from the conference "The end of tradition? : aspects of commons and cultural severance in the landscape", held at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, 15-17 September 2010 .

Part 1 with some chapters from Mathias Burgi, David Hey, Della Hooke, Melvyn Jones, Tomasz Samojlik, Chris Smout, Peter Szabo, and Ian Whyte; Part 2 with some chapters from Kate Ashbrook, Minoti Chakravarti-Kaul, Elisabeth Johann, Adrian Newton, Kenneth Olwig, George Peterken, Ian Rotherham, and Angus Winchester.

Includes bibliographical references.