Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change

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The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide anoverview of geomorphological process activity and landscape changein Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book isunusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor andfloodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes. * * Provides an overview of geomorphological process activity andlandscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. * The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassinghillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine andcoastal processes. * Considers the relevance of technological and conceptualapproaches to understanding landscape dynamics. * Examines key process environments highlighting significanttrends and the influence of human activity, and incorporatingexamples and modelling. * Encourages geographers to look forward to the challenges thatgeomorphology faces in the new millennium. Find out more information about the RGS-IBG journals byfollowing the links below: AREA: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0004-0894 The Geographical Journal: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0016-7398 Transactions of the Insititute of British Geographers: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0020-2754

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David L. Higgitt

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"This significant and timely volume provides a contemporary body ofinformation on the function of geomorphological processes inlandscape and environmental management in human history."(Choice) "I enjoyed this particular journey through time, which containssome thought-provoking (though invariably qualitative) observationson the making of the British landscape." (Basil Gomez, Annals ofthe Association of American Geographers)
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