Geomorphological Mapping: Methods and Applications

Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work. Synthesising for the first time an historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, field based and digital tools and techniques for mapping and an extensive array of case studies from academics and professionals active in the area. Those active in geomorphology, engineering geology, reinsurance, Environmental Impact Assessors, and allied areas, will find the text of immense value.

Growth of interest in geomorphological mapping and currently no texts comprehensively cover this topicExtensive case studies that will appeal to professionals, academics and students (with extensive use of diagrams, potentially colour plates)Brings together material on digital mapping (GIS and remote sensing), cartography and data sources with a focus on modern technologies (including GIS, remote sensing and digital terrain analysis)Provides readers with summaries of current advances in methodological/technical aspectsAccompanied by electronic resources for digital mapping

Section 1 – Geomorphological Mapping 1. Introduction to Applied Geomorphological Mapping 2. Old and New Trends in Geomorphological and Landform Mapping 3. Nature and Aims of Geomorphological Mapping 4. Makers and Users of Geomorphological Maps 5. Geomorphological Contributions to Landslide Risk Assessment: Theory and Practice Section 2 – Techniques in Applied Geomorphological Mapping 6. Geomorphological Field Mapping 7. Data Sources 8. Digital Mapping: Visualisation, Iinterpretation and Quantification of Landforms 9. Cartography: Design, Symbolisation and Visualisation of Geomorphological Maps 10. Semi-Automated Identification and Extraction of Geomorphological Features using Digital Elevation Data Section 3 – Case Studies 11. Mapping Ireland’s Glaciated Continental Margin Using Marine Geophysical Data 12. Submarine Geomorphology: Quantitative Methods Illustrated with the Hawaiian Volcanoes 13. Marine Geomorphology: Geomorphological Mapping and the Study of Submarine Landslides 14. The Cherry Garden Landslide, Etchinghill Escarpment, Southeast England. 15. The Application of Geomorphological Mapping in the Assessment of Landslide Risk in Hong Kong 16. A Geomorphological Map as a Tool for Assessing Sediment Transfer Processes in Small Catchments Prone to Debris-Flows Occurrence: A Case Study in the Bruchi Torrent (Swiss Alps) 17. Geomorphological Assessment of Complex Landslide Systems Using Field Reconnaissance and Terrestrial Laser Scanning 18. Digital Terrain Models From Airborne Laser Scanning for the Extraction of Natural and Anthropogenic Linear Structures 19. Applied Geomorphic Mapping for Land Management in the River Murray Corridor, SE Australia 20. Monitoring Braided River Change Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Optical Bathymeric Mapping 21. Uses and Limitations of Field-Mapping of Lowland Glaciated Landscapes 22. Mapping Late-Holocene Landscape Evolution and Human Impact – A Case-Study from Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran) 23. Military Applied Geomorphological Mapping: Normandy Case Study 24. Future Developments of Geomorphological Mapping