Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change: Britain In The Last 1000 Years

The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes. The relevance of technological and conceptual approaches to understanding landscape dynamics is also considered.
David Higgitt′s introduction looks at the nature of environmental change during the last millennium and assesses the significance of individual events. The body of the book is formed by an examination of key process environments highlighting significant trends and the influence of human activity, and incorporating examples and modelling.
The editors′ closing chapter then summarises the significance of human impact on the environment, the nature of the evidence for geomorphological change and its implication for environmental management and engineering design.
The book will encourage geographers to look forward to the challenges that geomorphology faces in the new millennium.

Spis treści:
List of Contributors.
Preface.
1. A Brief Time of History. (David L. Higgitt).
2. Back A′long: a Millennial Geomorphology. (Denys Brunsden).
3. The Evolution of Hillslope Processes. (David K. C. Jones).
4. Valley Floor and Floodplain Processes. (Barbara T. Rumsby).
5. Fluvial Processes. (Janet M. Hooke).
6. Estuaries and Coasts: Morphological Adjustments and Process Domains. (E. Mark Lee).
7. Sediment Transfer in Upland Environments. (David L. Higgitt, Jeff Warburton, and Martin G. Evans).
8. Fine Particulate Sediment Transfer in Lowland Rural Environments. (Ian D. L. Foster).
9. Living with Natural Hazards: The Costs and Management Framework. (E. Mark Lee).
10. Geomorphology for the Third Millennium. (David L. Higgitt and E. Mark Lee).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Davi d Higgitt, is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Durham. He has published widely in geomorphological literature including a review series in Progress in Physical Geography, and recent papers in Catena, Geomorphology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Environmental Management. He has also written several invited book chapters.
Mark Lee is Senior Research Associate, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. As a consultant geomorphologist he has extensive experience of working on engineering geomorphology projects (especially coastal management) in UK and overseas. Has written numerous papers in geomorphological literature including authoring the recent DoE overviews on soil erosion and landsliding in the UK.

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The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes. The relevance of technological and conceptual approaches to understanding landscape dynamics is also considered.
David Higgitt′s introduction looks at the nature of environmental change during the last millennium and assesses the significance of individual events. The body of the book is formed by an examination of key process environments highlighting significant trends and the influence of human activity, and incorporating examples and modelling.
The editors′ closing chapter then summarises the significance of human impact on the environment, the nature of the evidence for geomorphological change and its implication for environmental management and engineering design.
The book will encourage geographers to look forward to the challenges that geomorphology faces in the new millennium.