| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Developments in earth surface processes ; 4 |
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Developments in earth surface processes ; 4.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-262) and index. |
| Contents |
Environmental geomorphology -- Geomorphological resources -- Geomorphological hazard -- Man as geomorphological agent / Sandra Piacente -- Vulnerability and geomorphological risk --Geomorphology and environmental impact assessment. |
| Summary |
Geomorphology has now reached a certain level where the methodology, scientific content and results being published in the field make it worthy of being considered as a major environmental research area. In preparing <IT>Environmental Geomorphology</IT>, the author has given priority to methodology and illustrative case-histories. Schemes and classifications that would be ill-suited for a naturalistic, empirical and non-systematic discipline like geomorphology have been avoided. The concepts outlined in the text are based on a subdivision of geomorphological resources and hazards (as well as their links with man) together with the consequent risk and impact problems. Each investigation, study or intervention concerning the environment, cannot ignore either the human context in which it occurs or man's history and prospects. It is necessary to have the right dialogue and relationship with the other disciplines making up this system so as to apply the most suitable methodologies and offer the most valid solutions. For some subjects covered in the book, specialists concerned with a particular section of environmental geomorphology were consulted. The text of each chapter is accompanied by several illustrative schemes, figures and photographs, derived from real research and professional experiences. The volume is addressed both to university students studying topics of geomorphology as part of their syllabus, and to researchers and consultants (geologists, geographers, engineers, naturalists, etc.) working in the field. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Environmental geomorphology.
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Géomorphologie de l'environnement.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Environmental geomorphology
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Geomorfologie.
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Ecologische aspecten.
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Geomorfologia (aspectos ambientais)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Panizza, Mario, 1935- Environmental geomorphology. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1996 0444898301 9780444898302 (DLC) 96027525 (OCoLC)35172553 |
| ISBN |
9780444898302 |
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0444898301 |
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9780080531106 |
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0080531105 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000048129520 |
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CHNEW 000929855 |
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CHVBK 480101973 |
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DEBBG BV039831745 |
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DEBBG BV042309011 |
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DEBBG BV043386467 |
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DEBSZ 367772663 |
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DEBSZ 482436921 |
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DEBSZ 484936611 |
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NZ1 12432870 |
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NZ1 15191544 |
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