Landscapes of the Anthropocene with Google...

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This book considers the meaning of the term, considers the value and characteristics of Google Earth, and discusses the main driving forces of landscape change. Google Earth provides a means whereby one can identify changes in the landscapes of Earth over recent decades. This has been a time of great human activity, and landscapes have been transformed as a result of such factors as land use and land-cover change, climate change, the intensive harnessing of new energy sources, population pressures, and globalization. Many geologists now believe that the whole Earth System is being changed and that there is thus a need to introduce the concept of the Anthropocene. It then looks at specific landscape types, including rivers, coasts, lakes, deserts, tundra, and glaciers.

Über den Autor

Andrew Goudie, Ph.D., [...]., Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, a former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, and the former Master of St. Cross College, is Geomorphologist who led the Kimberley Research Project in 1988. He is a recipient of a Royal Medal from the Royal Geographical Society, the Mungo Park Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and the Farouk El-Baz Award of the Geological Society of America. He is Fellow of the British Society of Geomorphologists. He has been Chair of the British Geomorphological Research Group, President of the Geographical Association, and President of the International Association of Geomorphologists. He has written extensively on the human impact and the Anthropocene.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Driving Forces.- 3 Humanly-Made landforms.- 4 Rivers.- 5 The Cryosphere (Glacial and periglacial landscapes).- 6 Coasts.- 7 Lakes.- 8 Ground Subsidence.- 9 Water Erosion and Mass Movements.- 10 Aeolian Anthropocene.- 11 Stage 3 of the Anthropocene - Stewardship.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Fachbereich:	Geografie
Genre:	Geowissenschaften , Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xi 249 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 163 farbige Illustr. 249 p. 164 illus. 163 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783031453878
ISBN-10:	3031453875
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Goudie, Andrew
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	279 x 210 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Andrew Goudie
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.12.2024
Gewicht:	0,652 kg