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.
| ISBN | 1408263297 | | Weight (grammes) | 2144 | | ISBN13 | 9781408263297
(What's this?) | | Published in | Harlow | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Previous ISBN | 9780131753044 | | Imprint | Prentice-Hall | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Format | Multimedia Item | | Width (mm) | 210 | | Publication date | 22 Jul 2010 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY | 910.02 | | Alternative ISBN | 9780131753044 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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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
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