"This significant and timely volume provides a contemporary body of information on the function of geomorphological processes in landscape and environmental management in human history." Choice <!--end-->
"I enjoyed this particular journey through time, which contains some thought-provoking (though invariably qualitative) observations on the making of the British landscape." Basil Gomez, Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Product Description
The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes.
- Provides an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years.
- The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes.
- Considers the relevance of technological and conceptual approaches to understanding landscape dynamics.
- Examines key process environments highlighting significant trends and the influence of human activity, and incorporating examples and modelling.
- Encourages geographers to look forward to the challenges that geomorphology faces in the new millennium.
Find out more information about the RGS-IBG journals by following the links below:
AREA:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0004-0894
The Geographical Journal:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0016-7398
Transactions of the Insititute of British Geographers:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0020-2754
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