Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change

A statement from the world's leading geomorphologists on the state of, and potential changes to, the environment.

Olav Slaymaker (Edited by), Thomas Spencer (Edited by), Christine Embleton-Hamann (Edited by)

9780521291002, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 January 2012

468 pages
24.6 x 18.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.83 kg

'… I would like to specifically commend the reconstructions of ice sheets in the chapter on ice sheets and ice caps. There are also many good conceptual model diagrams. Overall, this is a really good reference work. It should have a place on the shelves of most practising geomorphologists and graduate students.' James Shulmeister, University of Queensland

How will global environmental change affect the landscape and our interaction with it? Apart from climate change, there are other important catalysts of landscape change, including relief, hydroclimate and runoff, sea level variations and human activity. This volume summarises the geomorphic implications of global environmental change, analysing such effects on lakes, rivers, coasts, reefs, rainforests, savannas, deserts, glacial features, and mountains. Providing a benchmark statement from the world's leading geomorphologists on the state of, and potential changes to, the environment, this book is invaluable for advanced courses on geomorphology and environmental science, and as a reference for research scientists. Interdisciplinary in scope, with a primary audience of Earth and environmental scientists, geographers, geomorphologists and ecologists, it also has a wider reach to those concerned with the social, economic and political issues raised by global environmental change, and is useful to policy makers and environmental managers.

Preface
1. Landscape, and landscape scale processes as the unfilled niche in the global environmental change debate: an introduction O. Slaymaker, T. Spencer and S. Dadson
2. Mountains O. Slaymaker and C. Embleton-Hamann
3. Lakes and lake catchments K. Kashiwaya, O. Slaymaker and M. Church
4. Rivers M. Church, T. P. Burt, V. J. Galay and G. M. Kondolf
5. Estuaries, coastal marshes, tidal flats and coastal dunes D. J. Reed, R. Davidson-Arnott and G. M. E. Perillo
6. Beaches, cliffs and deltas M. J. F. Stive, P. J. Cowell and R. J. Nicholls
7. Coral reefs P. Kench, C. Perry and T. Spencer
8. Tropical rainforests R. P. D. Walsh and W. H. Blake
9. Tropical savannas M. E. Meadows and D. S. G. Thomas
10. Deserts N. Lancaster
11. Mediterranean M. Sala
12. Temperate forests and rangelands R. C. Sidle and T. P. Burt
13. Tundra and permafrost dominated taiga M.-F. André and O. Anisimov
14. Ice sheets and ice caps D. Sugden
15. Landscape, landscape scale processes and global environmental change: synthesis and new agendas for the twenty-first century T. Spencer, O. Slaymaker and C. Embleton-Hamann
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Physical geography & topography [RGB], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD]