Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511627057

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.

Review of the hardback:'I highly recommend this volume to any geoscientist interested in the present and future of our planet …'

Source: Geologos

Review of the hardback:'… a benchmark text for its subject and it highlights a topic that is of critical importance for humankind.'

Source: The Holocene

‘… 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

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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List of acronyms and abbreviations
pp xv-xvi
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1 - Landscape and landscape-scale processes as the unfilled niche in the global environmental change debate: an introduction
pp 1-36
- By Olav Slaymaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Thomas Pencer, University of Cambridge, Simon Dadson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
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2 - Mountains
pp 37-70
- By Olav Slaymaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Christine Embleton-Hamann, Universität Wien, Austria
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3 - Lakes and lake catchments
pp 71-97
- By Kenji Kashiwaya, Kanazawa University, Olav Slaymaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Michael Church, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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4 - Rivers
pp 98-129
- By Michael Church, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Tim P. Burt, Durham University, Victor J. Galay, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd, G. Mathias Kondolf, University of California
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5 - Estuaries, coastal marshes, tidal flats and coastal dunes
pp 130-157
- By Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans, Robin Davidson-Arnott, University of Guelph, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, Universidad Nacional del Sur
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6 - Beaches, cliffs and deltas
pp 158-179
- By Marcel J. F. Stive, Delft University of Technology, Peter J. Cowell, University of Sydney, Robert J. Nicholls, University of Southampton
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7 - Coral reefs
pp 180-213
- By Paul Kench, University of Auckland, Chris Perry, Manchester Metropolitan University, Thomas Spencer, University of Cambridge
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8 - Tropical rainforests
pp 214-247
- By Rory P. D. Walsh, University of Wales Swansea, Will H. Blake, University of Plymouth
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9 - Tropical savannas
pp 248-275
- By Michael E. Meadows, University of Cape Town, David S. G. Thomas, Oxford University
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10 - Deserts
pp 276-296
- By Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute
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11 - Mediterranean landscapes
pp 297-320
- By Maria Sala, Universitat de Barcelona
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12 - Temperate forests and rangelands
pp 321-343
- By Roy C. Sidle, Appalachian State University, Tim P. Burt, Durham University
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13 - Tundra and permafrost-dominated taiga
pp 344-367
- By Marie-Françoise André, University of Clermont-Ferrand, Oleg Anisimov, State Hydrological Institute
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14 - Ice sheets and ice caps
pp 368-402
- By David Sugden, University of Edinburgh
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15 - Landscape, landscape-scale processes and global environmental change: synthesis and new agendas for the twenty-first century
pp 403-423
- By Thomas Spencer, University of Cambridge, Olav Slaymaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Christine Embleton-Hamann, Universität Wien, Austria
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Index
pp 424-434
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-ix

List of contributors
pp x-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiii

Acknowledgements
pp xiv-xiv

List of acronyms and abbreviations
pp xv-xvi

1 - Landscape and landscape-scale processes as the unfilled niche in the global environmental change debate: an introduction
pp 1-36

2 - Mountains
pp 37-70

3 - Lakes and lake catchments
pp 71-97

4 - Rivers
pp 98-129

5 - Estuaries, coastal marshes, tidal flats and coastal dunes
pp 130-157

6 - Beaches, cliffs and deltas
pp 158-179

7 - Coral reefs
pp 180-213

8 - Tropical rainforests
pp 214-247

9 - Tropical savannas
pp 248-275

10 - Deserts
pp 276-296

11 - Mediterranean landscapes
pp 297-320

12 - Temperate forests and rangelands
pp 321-343

13 - Tundra and permafrost-dominated taiga
pp 344-367

14 - Ice sheets and ice caps
pp 368-402

15 - Landscape, landscape-scale processes and global environmental change: synthesis and new agendas for the twenty-first century
pp 403-423

Index
pp 424-434

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