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An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment Joseph Holden

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment By Joseph Holden

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment by Joseph Holden


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Summary

An introduction to the major subjects of physical geography, this volume seeks to offer a baseline understanding of the environmental forces that have shaped, & continue to shape, the world in which we live. Each chapter is written by an expert in the given field.

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment Summary

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment by Joseph Holden

The second edition of this best-selling and highly respected textbook provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the major topics within physical geography. An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment is designed with a range of in-text features such as case studies and reflective questions to aid study. As well as this, students have access to a rich and extensive range of online support resources such as extra weblinks, fieldwork worksheets, interactive models and new video clips of physical processes in action, all of which will help them achieve success in their Physical Geography course.

Table of Contents

Part I: The role of physical geography

1 - Approaching physical geography

Part II: Continents and oceans

2 - Earth geology and tectonics
3 - Oceans

Part III: Climate and weather

4 - Atmospheric processes
5 - Global climate and weather
6 - Regional and local climates

Part IV: Soils, biogeography and ecology

7 - Soil and the environment
8 - The biosphere
9 - Biogeographical concepts
10 - Ecological processes

Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology

11 - Erosion, weathering and landform evolution
12 - Sediments and sedimentation
13 - Catchment hydrology
14 - Fluvial geomorphology and river management
15 - Solutes
16 - Dryland processes and environments
17 - Coasts
18 - Glaciers and ice sheets
19 - Permafrost and periglaciation

Part VI: Environmental change

20 - Quarternary environmental change
21 - Climate change: an unprecedented environmental challenge
22 - Vegetation and environmental change
23 - Remote sensing of environmental change
24 - Managing environmental change

Additional information

GOR003805542
9780131753044
0131753045
An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment by Joseph Holden
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
2008-05-15
800
N/A
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