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Agricultural sustainability in the semi-arid Near East |
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F. Hole |
Medientyp |
Artikel
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Englisch
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ISSN |
1814-9324
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Erschienen |
In: Climate of the Past ; 3, no. 2 ; Nr. 3, no. 2 (2007-05-11), S.193-203 |
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250000892
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/cp-3-193-2007.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
Agriculture began in the eastern Mediterranean Levantine Corridor about 11000
years ago toward the end of the Younger Dryas when aridity had diminished
wild food resources. During the subsequent Climatic Optimum, agricultural
villages spread rapidly but subsequent climatic changes on centennial to
millennial scales resulted in striking oscillations in settlement, especially
in marginal areas. Natural climate change thus alternately enhanced and
diminished the agricultural potential of the land. Growing populations and
more intensive land us, both for agriculture and livestock, have led to
changes in the structure of vegetation, hydrology, and land quality. Over the
millennia, political and economic interventions, warfare and incursions by
nomadic herding tribes all impacted sustainability of agriculture and the
ability of the land to supports its populations. In much of the region today,
agricultural land use is not sustainable given existing technology and
national priorities. The Near Eastern case is instructive because of the
quality of information, the length of the record, and the pace of modern
change. |
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