Description |
1 online resource (204 pages) |
Contents |
Military natures -- Bunkers, bats, and base closures -- Real restoration? -- Sanctuaries inviolate -- Not nature alone -- Army green -- Remembering and restoring militarized landscapes |
Summary |
When viewed from space, the Korean Peninsula is crossed by a thin green ribbon. On the ground, its mix of dense vegetation and cleared borderlands serves as home to dozens of species that are extinct or endangered elsewhere on the peninsula. This is Korea's demilitarised zone - one of the most dangerous places on Earth for humans, and paradoxically one of the safest for wildlife. Although this zone was not intentionally created for conservation, across the globe hundreds of millions of acres of former military zones and bases are being converted to restoration areas, refuges, and conservation lands. David G. Havlick has travelled the world visiting these spaces of military-to-wildlife transition, and in 'Bombs Away' he explores both the challenges - physical, historical, and cultural - and fascinating ecological possibilities of military site conversions |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Restoration ecology -- United States
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Military base conversion -- United States
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Nature conservation -- United States
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Restoration ecology.
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Military base conversion.
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Nature conservation.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Military base conversion
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Nature conservation
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Restoration ecology
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Militärische Anlage
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Naturschutz
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Folgenutzung
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780226547688 |
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022654768X |
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