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On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere – Current Limitations and Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Research

Werther, Lukas ; Mehler, Natascha ; Schenk, Gerrit Jasper ; Zielhofer, Christoph (2021)
On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere – Current Limitations and Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Research.
In: Water, 13 (16)
doi: 10.3390/w13162188
Artikel, Bibliographie

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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Floodplains represent a global hotspot of sensitive socioenvironmental changes and early human forcing mechanisms. In this review, we focus on the environmental conditions of preindustrial floodplains in Central Europe and the fluvial societies that operated there. Due to their high land-use capacity and the simultaneous necessity of land reclamation and risk minimisation, societies have radically restructured the Central European floodplains. According to the current scientific consensus, up to 95% of Central European floodplains have been extensively restructured or destroyed. Therefore, question arises as to whether or when it is justified to understand Central European floodplains as a ‘Fluvial Anthroposphere’. The case studies available to date show that human-induced impacts on floodplain morphologies and environments and the formation of specific fluvial societies reveal fundamental changes in the medieval and preindustrial modern periods. We aim to contribute to disentangling the questions of when and why humans became a significant controlling factor in Central European floodplain formation, and how humans in interaction with natural processes and other chains of effects have modified floodplains. As a conclusion, we superimpose emerging fields of research concerning the onset of the Fluvial Anthroposphere and provide 10 specific thematic objectives for future multidisciplinary work.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2021
Autor(en): Werther, Lukas ; Mehler, Natascha ; Schenk, Gerrit Jasper ; Zielhofer, Christoph
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere – Current Limitations and Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Research
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 11 August 2021
Ort: Basel
Verlag: MDPI
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Water
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 13
(Heft-)Nummer: 16
Kollation: 25 Seiten
DOI: 10.3390/w13162188
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Floodplains represent a global hotspot of sensitive socioenvironmental changes and early human forcing mechanisms. In this review, we focus on the environmental conditions of preindustrial floodplains in Central Europe and the fluvial societies that operated there. Due to their high land-use capacity and the simultaneous necessity of land reclamation and risk minimisation, societies have radically restructured the Central European floodplains. According to the current scientific consensus, up to 95% of Central European floodplains have been extensively restructured or destroyed. Therefore, question arises as to whether or when it is justified to understand Central European floodplains as a ‘Fluvial Anthroposphere’. The case studies available to date show that human-induced impacts on floodplain morphologies and environments and the formation of specific fluvial societies reveal fundamental changes in the medieval and preindustrial modern periods. We aim to contribute to disentangling the questions of when and why humans became a significant controlling factor in Central European floodplain formation, and how humans in interaction with natural processes and other chains of effects have modified floodplains. As a conclusion, we superimpose emerging fields of research concerning the onset of the Fluvial Anthroposphere and provide 10 specific thematic objectives for future multidisciplinary work.

Freie Schlagworte: preindustrial floodplains, fluvial societies, path dependencies, socionatural site, early anthropogenic forcing, natural and cultural heritage
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Geschichte
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Geschichte > Mittelalterliche Geschichte
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