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Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment, An
Taschenbuch von Joseph Holden
Sprache: Englisch

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This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes, places and environments and is comprehensively illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works.

Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated throughout to contain the latest research. Between them, the contributors have researched in detail every environment on the planet, providing an unrivalled source of rich information from around the world for both undergraduate and postgraduate study in the field of physical geography.

This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes, places and environments and is comprehensively illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works.

Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated throughout to contain the latest research. Between them, the contributors have researched in detail every environment on the planet, providing an unrivalled source of rich information from around the world for both undergraduate and postgraduate study in the field of physical geography.

Über den Autor

Joseph Holden is Professor of Physical Geography at the School of Geography and also the Dean of Research for the Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the fourth edition List of contributors Editor's acknowledgements Part I: The role of physical geography
  • Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography
Part II: Continent and oceans
  • Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics
  • Chapter 3. Oceans
Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather
  • Chapter 4. The Pleistocene
  • Chapter 5. The Holocene
  • Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes
  • Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change
  • Chapter 8. Global climate and weather
  • Chapter 9. Regional and local climates
Part IV: Biogeography and ecology
  • Chapter 10. The biosphere
  • Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes
  • Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems
  • Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change
Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology
  • Chapter 14. Weathering
  • Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution
  • Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation
  • Chapter 17. Soils
  • Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology
  • Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management
  • Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality
  • Chapter 21. Drylands
  • Chapter 22. Coasts
  • Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets
  • Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation
Part VI: Monitoring and management
  • Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change
  • Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Geografie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 840
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781292083575
ISBN-10: 1292083573
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Holden, Joseph
Hersteller: Pearson Education Limited
Maße: 270 x 213 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Joseph Holden
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.06.2017
Gewicht: 1,702 kg
preigu-id: 109526958
Über den Autor

Joseph Holden is Professor of Physical Geography at the School of Geography and also the Dean of Research for the Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the fourth edition List of contributors Editor's acknowledgements Part I: The role of physical geography
  • Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography
Part II: Continent and oceans
  • Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics
  • Chapter 3. Oceans
Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather
  • Chapter 4. The Pleistocene
  • Chapter 5. The Holocene
  • Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes
  • Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change
  • Chapter 8. Global climate and weather
  • Chapter 9. Regional and local climates
Part IV: Biogeography and ecology
  • Chapter 10. The biosphere
  • Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes
  • Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems
  • Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change
Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology
  • Chapter 14. Weathering
  • Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution
  • Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation
  • Chapter 17. Soils
  • Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology
  • Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management
  • Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality
  • Chapter 21. Drylands
  • Chapter 22. Coasts
  • Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets
  • Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation
Part VI: Monitoring and management
  • Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change
  • Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Geografie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 840
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781292083575
ISBN-10: 1292083573
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Holden, Joseph
Hersteller: Pearson Education Limited
Maße: 270 x 213 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Joseph Holden
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.06.2017
Gewicht: 1,702 kg
preigu-id: 109526958
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