Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change
Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change
Thomas Spencer, University of Cambridge
Christine Embleton-Hamann, Universität Wien, Austria
$76.99
USDHow will global environmental change affect the landscape and our interaction with it? Apart from climate change, there are other important catalysts of landscape change, including relief, hydroclimate and runoff, sea level variations and human activity. This volume summarises the geomorphic implications of global environmental change, analysing such effects on lakes, rivers, coasts, reefs, rainforests, savannas, deserts, glacial features, and mountains. Providing a benchmark statement from the world's leading geomorphologists on the state of, and potential changes to, the environment, this book is invaluable for advanced courses on geomorphology and environmental science, and as a reference for research scientists. Interdisciplinary in scope, with a primary audience of Earth and environmental scientists, geographers, geomorphologists and ecologists, it also has a wider reach to those concerned with the social, economic and political issues raised by global environmental change, and is useful to policy makers and environmental managers.
- Highly interdisciplinary approach, with chapters from the world's leading experts
- Presents a balanced consideration of landscape enhancement and landscape deterioration, enabling a holistic understanding of the subject
- Encourages engagement with the wider social, economic and political issues of global environmental change
Reviews & endorsements
"...an excellent comprehensive overview of the present and potential effects of climate change on a variety of landscapes. ... Highly recommended." - CHOICE
"The wealth of information contained in each chapter is extraordinary … I highly recommend this volume to any geoscientist interested in the present and future of our planet and I wish that it is read by other parties involved in the global-change debate." - Piotr Migoń, Geologos
"The landscapes are addressed not only in their present-day position, but historical changes over ht past several thousand years are examined. Potential challenges for the landscape are also addressed." The Leading Edge
Product details
January 2012Paperback
9780521291002
468 pages
246 × 189 × 24 mm
0.83kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Landscape, and landscape scale processes as the unfilled niche in the global environmental change debate: an introduction O. Slaymaker, T. Spencer and S. Dadson
- 2. Mountains O. Slaymaker and C. Embleton-Hamann
- 3. Lakes and lake catchments K. Kashiwaya, O. Slaymaker and M. Church
- 4. Rivers M. Church, T. P. Burt, V. J. Galay and G. M. Kondolf
- 5. Estuaries, coastal marshes, tidal flats and coastal dunes D. J. Reed, R. Davidson-Arnott and G. M. E. Perillo
- 6. Beaches, cliffs and deltas M. J. F. Stive, P. J. Cowell and R. J. Nicholls
- 7. Coral reefs P. Kench, C. Perry and T. Spencer
- 8. Tropical rainforests R. P. D. Walsh and W. H. Blake
- 9. Tropical savannas M. E. Meadows and D. S. G. Thomas
- 10. Deserts N. Lancaster
- 11. Mediterranean M. Sala
- 12. Temperate forests and rangelands R. C. Sidle and T. P. Burt
- 13. Tundra and permafrost dominated taiga M.-F. André and O. Anisimov
- 14. Ice sheets and ice caps D. Sugden
- 15. Landscape, landscape scale processes and global environmental change: synthesis and new agendas for the twenty-first century T. Spencer, O. Slaymaker and C. Embleton-Hamann
- Index.
