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milieuhistorische

Milieuhistorische is an adjective used in Dutch-language scholarship to describe work that belongs to the field of environmental history. Environmental history studies the long-term interactions between humans and their environments, exploring how ecological conditions, climate, landscapes, and natural resources shape social, economic, and cultural development and how human activity, in turn, alters those environments.

Scope and topics include land use and landscape change, agriculture, forestry, mining and industry, water management,

Methods: Milieuhistorische research relies on a range of sources, including maps, cadastral surveys, administrative records, travel

The field engages with theoretical debates about agency, structure, and long-term causation, and often addresses colonial

In Dutch-speaking regions and beyond, mil ieuhistorische study informs heritage planning, policy analysis, and public history

pollution,
biodiversity,
urbanization,
and
climate
history.
Researchers
scrutinize
patterns
of
resource
extraction,
technology
adoption,
and
policy
choices,
as
well
as
the
social
and
political
dimensions
of
environmental
change,
such
as
environmental
justice
and
vulnerability.
and
settlement
histories,
ecological
and
palaeoenvironmental
data,
and
material
culture.
Interdisciplinary
collaboration
with
geography,
ecology,
archaeology,
and
anthropology
is
common,
and
both
qualitative
narrative
analysis
and
quantitative
modeling
are
used.
and
imperial
contexts,
the
distribution
of
environmental
benefits
and
burdens,
and
the
sustainability
of
historical
transitions.
It
intersects
with
related
disciplines
such
as
environmental
humanities,
landscape
history,
and
climate
history.
projects,
and
it
is
supported
by
university
centers,
archives,
and
digital-data
initiatives.
See
also
environmental
history,
landscape
history,
climate
history.