Subecumene
The subecumen is the transition space from the ecumenism to the anecumenism . In principle, the area is habitable, but is only used extensively for agriculture or seasonally. At the beginning of the 21st century, almost 40 percent of the land surface can be counted as sub-ecumenism.
One example is the pastoral use of pasture in a steppe region: In contrast to grassland , which is only created by clearing a forest and requires regular maintenance, only the natural state is used. Areas in which people live who have to obtain goods and food from ecumenism to maintain their livelihood are also counted as sub- ecumenism.
The term is usually used in the context of geosciences - especially in settlement geography - on the global scale .
The subecumens include B. most of the world's wilderness areas; such as the sparsely populated Sahel zone , but also the almost unpopulated boreal coniferous forests and tropical rainforests . Small-scale areas such as the high mountain pastures are also part of the sub-ecumenism.
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- ↑ The area share was determined and extensively verified when the area-based map Ökumene-Subökumene-Anökumene.png was created . See sources there.
- ↑ Keyword: ecumenism . In: Lexicon of Geography on Spektrum.de, accessed on October 31, 2014.