All Outputs (36)

'My wood isn’t one of those dark and scary ones': children’s experience and knowledge of woodland in the English rural landscape (2018)
Journal Article

Recent studies of children have argued that children are suffering from a deficiency in nature experience. Some argue that a lack of experience leads to poor affective relations which for wooded environments may be manifested as fear. This study inve... Read More about 'My wood isn’t one of those dark and scary ones': children’s experience and knowledge of woodland in the English rural landscape.

Trees in art (2018)
Book

Portofino Landscape (2018)
Exhibition / Performance

Landscape Management (2017)
Book Chapter

The viewpoint taken for Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows exhibited 1831 (Tate T13896) obscures the city and emphasises the rural landscape; much of the middle ground consists of trees, shrubs and grassland. This allows us to explore the way Const... Read More about Landscape Management.

Botanical relics of a lost landscape: herborising ‘upon the Cliffs about the Pharos’ in Genoa, March 1664 (2017)
Journal Article

This paper uses approaches derived from historical ecology to show how knowledge can be gained about the historical and cultural value of neglected urban landscapes. We study the area around Genoa’s lighthouse and consider the long-term survival of i... Read More about Botanical relics of a lost landscape: herborising ‘upon the Cliffs about the Pharos’ in Genoa, March 1664.

The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree (2016)
Book Chapter

Douglas Davies (1988: 33-34) argued in his paper on ‘evocative symbolism’ that trees had a practical symbolism that derived ‘both literally and metaphorically’ from their being living entities ‘spanning many generations’. He saw trees as ‘historical... Read More about The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree.

‘Saved from the sordid axe’: representation and understanding of pine trees by English visitors to Italy in the eighteenth and nineteenth century (2016)
Journal Article

Pine trees were frequently depicted and celebrated by nineteenth century English artists and travellers in Italy. The amateur artist and connoisseur Sir George Beaumont was horrified to discover in 1821 that many Roman stone pines were being felled a... Read More about ‘Saved from the sordid axe’: representation and understanding of pine trees by English visitors to Italy in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

The Bisagno stream catchment (Genoa, Italy) and its major floods: geomorphic and land use variations in the last three centuries (2016)
Journal Article

The city of Genoa (Liguria, Italy) and the Bisagno Valley are affected by frequent floods, often with loss of human lives. Historically characterised by high flood hazards, the Bisagno Valley was recently affected by a flood event on 9 October 2014,... Read More about The Bisagno stream catchment (Genoa, Italy) and its major floods: geomorphic and land use variations in the last three centuries.

‘An incredibly vile sport’: campaigns against otter hunting in Britain, 1900–39 (2016)
Journal Article

Otter hunting was a minor field sport in Britain but in the early years of the twentieth century a lively campaign to ban it was orchestrated by several individuals and anti-hunting societies. The sport became increasingly popular in the late ninetee... Read More about ‘An incredibly vile sport’: campaigns against otter hunting in Britain, 1900–39.

Travelling in Italy during Turner's lifetime (2015)
Other

The number of British travellers to Italy in search of health, education and increasingly leisure grew substantially during Turner’s lifetime. Like Turner, travellers recorded their observations in journals and diaries, and some turned their experien... Read More about Travelling in Italy during Turner's lifetime.

Oliver Rackham, OBE, FBA, 1939–2015 (2015)
Journal Article

Historical chestnut cultures, climate, and rural landscapes in the Apennines (2015)
Book Chapter

The wolf in the landscape: Antonio Cesena and attitudes to wolves in sixteenth century Liguria (2015)
Journal Article

The recent reappearance of wolves in many areas of Europe has stimulated an interest in the past relationships between the species and humans in various different geographical locations and historical epochs. The image of wolves approaching and enter... Read More about The wolf in the landscape: Antonio Cesena and attitudes to wolves in sixteenth century Liguria.

Europe's changing woods and forests (2015)
Book

Trees, woods and forests: a social and cultural history (2014)
Book

The cultural and land use implications of the reappearance of the wild boar in North West Italy: A case study of the Val di Vara (2014)
Journal Article