Fundamentals of the Physical Environment
- ISBN-10
- 041510890X
- ISBN-13
- 9780415108904
- Series
- Fundamentals of the Physical Environment
- Category
- Environmental sciences
- Pages
- 557
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- David Briggs
Description
This expanded edition of the student textbook Fundamentals of Physical Geography, adopts a systems approach to explain the complex interactions of the natural environment. The nature of Earth and its oceans; the Earth's climate and the potential impact of climate change; the main processes of geomorphology; and elements of ecosystems (soils and vegetation) are all explained. Chapters on sensitive environments are included in this edition - polar, Mediterranean, drylands and humid tropical environments - through which the processes introduced in earlier chapters are explored and human-environment interactions are analyzed. Topical global environmental problems such as global warming, population explosion and pressures of economic development, are discussed throughout.
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