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Archaeology from A to Z: Abu Zarad, an ancient town in the heartland of Palestine [PDF]

, 2015
A new agreement on cooperation for the archaeological exploration, cultural and tourist valorization of Tell Sheikh Abu Zarad, in central Palestine, has been signed in April 2015 by Rome Sapienza University and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of ...
Fiaccavento, Chiara, Jaradat, Mohammed, Nigro, Lorenzo, Yasine, Jehad   +3 more
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Coevolution between Terraced Landscapes and Rural Communities: An Integrated Approach Using Expert-Based Assessment and Evaluation of Winegrowers’ Perceptions (Northwest Piedmont, Italy)

Sustainability, 2022
Terraced landscapes are characterized by many features but are also threatened by abandonment, with the loss of the historical landscape and increased hydrogeological risk.
E. Pomatto, M. Devecchi, F. Larcher
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Der Wert der Landschaft

Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 2001
Our cultural landscape is more and more endangered by anthropogenic influences. Therefore concepts are necessary which help to preserve such areas.
Hubert Job, Stefan Knies
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Relationship between man-made environment and slope stability: the case of 2014 rainfall events in the terraced landscape of the Liguria region (northwestern Italy)

, 2017
In the autumn of 2014, a series of rainfall events affected several sectors of the Liguria region, triggering many shallow landslides and causing three casualties and severe structural damages.
D. Giordan, M. Cignetti, M. Baldo, D. Godone   +3 more
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Modification of the potential production capabilities of agricultural terrace soils due to historical cultivation in the Budina cadastral area, Slovakia

Moravian Geographical Reports, 2015
The soil production attributes of historical agrarian terraced fields were examined in the Budina cadastral area of the Ostrozky Mountains. This landscape represents a unique sub-mountainous Carpathian landscape with farms that use a historically ...
Slámová Martina, Jakubec Bruno, Hreško Juraj, Beláček Boris, Gallay Igor   +4 more
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LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AND GLOBAL SOIL CHANGE IN ALPINE VALLEYS: IMPACT OF ANTHROPEDOGENESIS ON TERRACED SOILS (BELLUNO, NORTHERN ITALY)

EQA, 2017
During the last decades, increasing human influence on the environment has determined strong impacts on soils. Although the effects of global soil change are currently quantified, to study and understand how and at which intensity soils are modified by ...
Claudio Bini, Andrea Ferrarini, Massimo Spiandorello, Mohammad Wahsha, Diana Maria Zilioli   +4 more
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GIS-based detection of terraced landscape heritage: comparative tests using regional DEMs and UAV data

, 2018
The analysis of terraced heritage has implications in many different fields of study, as it is shaped itself by natural, socioeconomic, and cultural dynamics.
A. Spanò, G. Sammartano, Francesca Calcagno Tunin, S. Cerise, Giulia Possi   +4 more
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Terraced landscapes as protected cultural heritage sites

Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2017
This article presents the current state of protection of terraced landscapes as an important type of cultural landscape, both globally and in Slovenia. The UNESCO World Heritage List, the Satoyama Initiative list, and the Slovenian Register of Immovable ...
Drago Kladnik, Mateja Šmid Hribar, Matjaž Geršič   +2 more
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Dynamics of precipitation pattern formation at geothermal hot springs

, 2006
We formulate and model the dynamics of spatial patterns arising during the precipitation of calcium carbonate from a supersaturated shallow water flow. The model describes the formation of travertine deposits at geothermal hot springs and rimstone dams ...
A. Pentecost, A. Pentecost, A. N. Kolmogorov, A. N. Kolmogorov, B. W. Fouke, B. W. Fouke, C. Buczynski, D. D. Zhang, E. Busenberg, H. Clemens, John Veysey, Nigel Goldenfeld, Pak Yuen Chan, R. A. Wooding, R. F. Dressler, R. W. Renaut   +15 more
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First adaptation of quinoa in the Bhutanese mountain agriculture systems [PDF]

, 2020
Bhutan represents typical mountain agriculture farming systems with unique challenges. The agriculture production systems under environmental constraints are typical of small-scale agricultural subsistence systems related to family farming in the ...
Bazile, Didier, Katwal, Tirtha Bdr
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