Atlas of the Irish rural landscape / edited by F.H.A. Aalen, Kevin Whelan, and Matthew Stout.
Contributor(s): Aalen, F. H. A [editor]
| Whelan, Kevin [editor] | Stout, Matthew [editor].
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BookPublisher: Cork : Cork University Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Description: 352 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1859180957 (hardback) .Subject(s): Atlases, Irish | Landscape changes -- Ireland -- Maps | Land use, Rural -- Ireland | Ireland -- GeographyDDC classification: 912 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Reference | MTU Bishopstown Library Reference | 912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Reference | 00070008 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070007 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00231827 | ||
| Reference | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Reference | 912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Reference | 00066340 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape combines many different approaches to understanding the immense ecological, educational, aesthetic and economic significance of the landscape. As with many parts of Europe that landscape is threatened and Ireland is faced with the daunting task of balancing the needs of competing rural activities. Using state of the art computer cartography, the atlas analyses the complex assemblage of features, both physical and human which gives the landscape its distinctive character. The editors and contributors have harnessed a wide range of illustrative materials including maps, paintings, photographs and remote sensing data, all reproduced in colour throughout. A substantial explanatory text vividly summarizes our growing knowledge of Irish landscape history while demonstrating its relevance in education and public policy. By analysing forces of current change the atlas suggests ways in which desirable developments can be implemented in sympathy with inherited landscape character.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Irish rural landscape: synthesis of habitat and history / F. H. A. Aalen -- Early landscapes: from prehistory to plantation / Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout. Recovering the hidden landscape / Gillian Barrett -- The Modern landscape: from plantation to present / Kevin Whelan -- Bogs. Raised bogs / John Feehan. Ardee bog, county Louth / G. F. Mitchell. The changing use of raised bogs / John Feehan and Sadhbh McElveen. Blanket bogs / Roy Tomlinson -- Forests and woodlands / Roy Tomlinson -- Fields / F. H. A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan -- Buildings / F. H. A. Aalen -- Towns and villages / Kevin Whelan -- Demesnes / Terence Reeves-Smyth -- Communications / James Killen -- Mining, power and water. Mining and quarrying / Colin Rynne. Power generation / Fred Hamond. Water supply / Fred Hamond -- Contemporary challenge / F. H. A. Aalen. Recent housing change in Kilclone, county Meath / P. J. Duffy. Field boundaries and landscape change / Eilis Kennedy. The destruction of antiquities: an aerial view / Gillian Barrett -- Management of the landscape / F. H. A. Aalen. Distribution of protected sites and areas / Ute Bohnsack -- The Hook, county Wexford / Billy Colfer -- The Lecale peninsula, county Down / R. H. Buchanan -- The Burren, county Clare / David Drew -- The Bend of the Boyne, county Meath / Geraldine Stout -- The Ring of Gullion, county Armagh / Andrew Stott -- Connemara, county Galway / Tim Robinson.
CIT Module TOUR 6001 - Core reading
CIT Module TOUR 6002 - Core reading