Sökning: "wetland reclamation"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden wetland reclamation.

  1. 1. Mark i marginalen : Drivkrafter, pionjärer och myrodlingslandskap

    Författare :Annika Strandin Pers; Mats Widgren; Ulf Jansson; Tom Mels; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; historical geography; mires reclamation; landscape; Sweden; early modern period; labour migrations; international relations; discourse; practice; mobility; knowledge and skills development; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural habitats and their cultivation is controversial. International research describes wetland reclamation and the related knowledge transfer between European countries already from the 12th century. LÄS MER

  3. 2. När floden märkte marken : Om bruket av översvämningsmark längs med Emån och Ätran 1500–1910

    Författare :Oscar Jacobsson; Anders Wästfelt; Johan Berg; Jesper Larsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; historical geography; agricultural history; water history; floodplain; Sweden; wetland reclamation; meadows; Emån; Ätran; agricultural transformation; human-environment relations; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Large landscape transformations were an integral part of the agricultural revolution in Sweden, starting during the late 18th century. The 19th century was an especially intensive century when it comes to the transformation of the cultural landscape, not the least marked by extensive changes in the use of agricultural wetlands with interventions in watercourses, lowering of lakes and wetland reclamation. LÄS MER