Peter Smithson, Ken Addison, Ken Atkinson

Fundamentals of the Physical Environment (eBook, PDF)

Fourth Edition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A core introductory textbook for students of physical geography and environmental sciences, this fourth edition explains the scientific principles underlying the Earth's climates, landforms, soils and ecosystems and reviews the principal interactive processes driving them. It also introduces the nature and mechanisms of current environmental change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 792
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135090111
• Artikelnr.: 38257598

Autorenporträt

Peter Smithson is former Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include: precipitation climatology (applications in UK, Sri Lanka and Brazil); cave climatology; and climate change, especially in semi-arid environments. He has over 50 publications, and over 40 refereed research papers in journals.

Ken Addison is Senior Lecturer at the School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, and Fellow and Tutor in Physical Geography at St Peter's College, University of Oxford. His research interests include: Quaternary stratigraphy and geomorphology, with special interest in Wales; geotechnical and geomorphological studies of recent and contemporary slope stability; earth science conservation strategy and practice; and Medieval environmental change.

Ken Atkinson is former Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leeds. His research interests include: soil science; ecosystems; and resource management. He has worked on environmental management in Canada for a number of years, and has co-organised six international conferences on Canadian resource management and planning.