The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia. This book reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment.

The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlements and land use patterns for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape. This work provides an introduction to the Mediterranean region, its history, physical and human geography and its environmental problems.

'...this book covers a very wide range of material relating to environmental issues in the Mediterranean countries.'
'...this is a work of massive and often authoritative scholarship...[and] will providea benchmark for years to come.' -both Chris Hunt (Holocene 14)