12th ESEH Conference, Mountains and Plains

Beschreibung

Since prehistoric times, mountain ranges all over
the world have been a protective barrier and a
place to be overcome. Transit deeply influenced
the socio-economic structure of mountainous
societies and enabled knowledge transfer.
Mountains are «water castles» of the surrounding
plains, and they play an important role for macro-
and micro-scale weather conditions. The Alps
were the first transnational mountain range that
scholars examined in detail; and since the eight-
eenth century, they had been one of the most
important places for tourism in Europe.
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Numerous environmental challenges of the
present and the future are also connected to
mountains: the melting of glaciers; the availability
of natural resources; increases in the number and
magnitude of natural hazards; traffic and tourism;
losses of cultural landscape ecosystems through
rural depopulation; structural economic problems
due to low income in agriculture and forestry;
losses in biodiversity as a consequence of the
maladaptation of state subsidies; losses of cultural
and natural heritage. The great variety of topics at
the conference will thus show the relevance of en-
vironmental history approaches (in a wider sense)
for societies of the present and the future.

Zeitraum	22 Aug. 2023 → 26 Aug. 2023
Veranstaltungstyp	Konferenz
Ort	Bern, SchweizAuf Karte anzeigen
Bekanntheitsgrad	International