Ekohistorija ili ekopovijest (povijest okoliša) proučava prošle ekosustave, te povijest interakcije čovjeka i prirode na različitim razinama. Ekohistorija tradicionalno istražuje svoj predmet na tri razine: 1) ekološkoj – značajke i funkcije nekog ekosustava koji obuhvaća biotičke i abiotičke sastavnice, 2) proizvodnoj – međuodnosi socioekonomske djelatnosti i prirodne sredine i 3) ideološkoj – značajke i promjene shvaćanja prirodne okoline. Zato je temeljna epistemološka orijentacija ekohistorije interdisciplinarnost i transdisciplinarnost u širokom rasponu, od geologije i klimatologije do antropologije i teologije.
U Hrvatskoj se područjem ekohistorije bave strukovna udruga Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju te časopis Ekonomska i ekohistorija. Časopis i društvo su osnovani 2005.
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Mrežne stranice vezane uz povijest okoliša American Society for Environmental History Svi brojevi časopisa "Ekonomska i ekohistorija" Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network CRUMLEY, Carole L. (1987) "Historical Ecology" — en Regional dynamics: Burgundian landscapes in historical perspective / edited by Carole L. Crumley and William H. Marquardt — San Diego : Academic Press, c1987. de VRIES, Jan (1985): "Analysis of Historical Climate-Society Interaction" — Scientific Committee On Problems of the Environment (SCOPE): SCOPE 27: Climate Impact Assessment - Studies of the Interaction of Climate and Society, Part III. Social and Economic Impacts and Adjustments, 11. Environmental History on the Internet European Society for Environmental History Forest History Society Mrežne stranice Društva za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju
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