Physical geography and topography

This book offers a comprehensive and detailed summary of our knowledge and understanding of glaciers and sets them within a global environment context.

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities.

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities.

The study of hillslopes is a central element of geomorphology, and has been the cause of many of the major methodological disputes in the subject.

The study of hillslopes is a central element of geomorphology, and has been the cause of many of the major methodological disputes in the subject.

History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times.

History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times.

This volume provides a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa.

Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification.

Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification.

This volume provides a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa.

This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.

This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.

Climate may be defined as the synthesis of long-term atmospheric conditions characteristic of a particular place.

Climate may be defined as the synthesis of long-term atmospheric conditions characteristic of a particular place.

How desert dunes are formed, how they change, their environmental significance and the role of climate change - these issues are examined through extensive case studies drawn from South Africa, India, Northern Europe and Australia.

How desert dunes are formed, how they change, their environmental significance and the role of climate change - these issues are examined through extensive case studies drawn from South Africa, India, Northern Europe and Australia.

The Companion Encyclopedia of Geography provides an authoritative and provocative source of reference for all those concerned with the earth and its people.

The Companion Encyclopedia of Geography provides an authoritative and provocative source of reference for all those concerned with the earth and its people.

The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their retreat since about 1850.

The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their retreat since about 1850.

This book provides a balanced account of the global environmental issues which threaten our society and which we neglect at our peril.

This book provides a balanced account of the global environmental issues which threaten our society and which we neglect at our peril.

Tropical Environments presents a comprehensive introduction to the complex systems of the tropics.

Tropical Environments presents a comprehensive introduction to the complex systems of the tropics.

First Published in 2004.

First Published in 2004.

South and Southeast Asian countries are experiencing rapid land cover and land use changes (LCLUC) driven by urbanization, agricultural expansion, deforestation, and infrastructure development.

We live in a world that is increasingly vulnerable to climatic shocks - affecting agriculture and industry, government and international trade, not to mention human health and happiness.

We live in a world that is increasingly vulnerable to climatic shocks - affecting agriculture and industry, government and international trade, not to mention human health and happiness.

Global climate and the effects of global warming are commanding unprecendented interest as climates grow more dynamic and changeable.

Global climate and the effects of global warming are commanding unprecendented interest as climates grow more dynamic and changeable.

'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere.

'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere.

We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming.

We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming.

The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere.

The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere.

Since The Little Ice Age was published in 1988, interest in climatic history has grown rapidly and research in the area has flourished.

Since The Little Ice Age was published in 1988, interest in climatic history has grown rapidly and research in the area has flourished.

First published in 2004.

First published in 2004.

Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of 'extreme' weather related events and our ability to cope with them.

Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of 'extreme' weather related events and our ability to cope with them.

This edited collection, first published in 1987, provides a comparative analysis of different approaches to urban modelling, and lays the foundations for the possibility of integration and a more unified field.

This edited collection, first published in 1987, provides a comparative analysis of different approaches to urban modelling, and lays the foundations for the possibility of integration and a more unified field.

Atmospheric Processes and Systems presents a concise introduction to the atmosphere and the fundamentals of weather.

Atmospheric Processes and Systems presents a concise introduction to the atmosphere and the fundamentals of weather.

Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary planning and development of the city.

Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary planning and development of the city.