Current Perspectives On Applied Geomorphology
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| Author | : António Vieira |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2024-03-13 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1803564229 |
Applied geomorphology aims to understand the constraints that natural dynamics impose on human activities, as well as societal impacts on geomorphic forms and processes. It is therefore concerned with the analysis and interpretation of landforms resulting from the interaction between anthropic and non-anthropic (so-called natural) processes, using methodologies specific to this scientific area. This book provides a comprehensive overview of applied geomorphology. It includes five chapters that address such topics as geodiversity as a tool for nature conservation, geoheritage and its enhancement in the context of geotourism, piles as structural elements, slope stability, and landslides.
| Author | : Hari Shanker Sharma |
| Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
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| Author | : Frank B. Golley |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 445 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1461214483 |
This book synthesizes knowledge from several fields that are crucial to sustainable rural development: the physical environment, biological and agricultural production, rural sociology and economics. It takes a systems perspective incorporating systems analysis, landscape analysis and soil, water, and land planning. Directed toward graduate students and professionals, it provides a source of information and concepts for those concerned with land and water policies and practice. It presents an integrated approach using practical and applicable models and methods and takes a middle position between an elementary conceptual approach to land and water management and a highly mathematically advanced treatise based exclusively on system modeling. The book is based on almost twenty years of experience in teaching a course on rural planning and the environment, the authors being specialists from universities, research institutions and companies in Europe and North America.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 1997-03-28 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0309051991 |
As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. Rediscovering Geography presents a broad overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and highlighted case studies, this book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and much more. The committee examines some of the more significant tools for data collection, storage, analysis, and display, with examples of major contributions made by geographers. Rediscovering Geography provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.
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| Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Environmental geography |
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| Author | : Jayanta Das |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 465 |
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| ISBN | : 3031641639 |
| Author | : António Vieira |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2021-05-12 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1839622997 |
Soil erosion is a major environmental issue with a worldwide impact and direct and indirect effects on soil productivity and consequently on human survival. Although a natural process, soil erosion has increased significantly due to human intervention, especially in the last centuries, through diverse activities such as intensive agriculture, overgrazing, urban sprawl, deforestation, and industrial and mining activities. Presently, soil erosion and degradation promoted by human action have reached extreme levels, necessitating urgent measures to promote soil conservation and rehabilitation. This book presents perspectives on soil erosion occurring in different parts of the world as well as some successful initiatives and strategies for soil conservation and rehabilitation.
| Author | : Horst Hagedorn |
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| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Geomorphology |
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| Author | : Márton Veress |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
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| ISBN | : 303169936X |
| Author | : Andrew S. Goudie |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 335 |
| Release | : 2016-10-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1316785262 |
The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many different global environments, this comprehensive volume demonstrates that human impact on landforms and land-forming processes is profound, due to various driving forces, including: use of fire; extinction of fauna; development of agriculture, urbanisation, and globalisation; and new methods of harnessing energy. The book explores the ways in which future climate change due to anthropogenic causes may further magnify effects on geomorphology, with respect to future hazards such as floods and landslides, the state of the cryosphere, and sea level. The book concludes with a consideration of the ways in which landforms are now being managed and protected. Covering all major aspects of geomorphology, this book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students studying geomorphology, environmental science and physical geography, and for all researchers of geomorphology.
