An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment

Author: Joseph Holden
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 9780131753044
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 808

Book Description
The second edition of this best-selling and highly respected textbook provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the major topics within physical geography. An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment is designed with a range of in-text features such as case studies and reflective questions to aid study. As well as this, students have access to a rich and extensive range of online support resources such as extra weblinks, fieldwork worksheets, interactive models and new video clips of physical processes in action, all of which will help them achieve success in their Physical Geography course.

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment

Author: Joseph Holden
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 9780131217614
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 710

Book Description
An introduction to the major subjects of physical geography, this volume seeks to offer a baseline understanding of the environmental forces that have shaped, & continue to shape, the world in which we live. Each chapter is written by an expert in the given field.

An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment

Author: Joseph Holden
Publisher: Pearson Higher Ed
ISBN: 1292083611
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 841

Book Description
This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes, places and environments and is comprehensively illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works. Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated throughout to contain the latest research. Between them, the contributors have researched in detail every environment on the planet, providing an unrivalled source of rich information from around the world for both undergraduate and postgraduate study in the field of physical geography. An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment is accompanied by a rich and extensive range of electronic support resources including updated weblinks relevant for each chapter, an extended and annotated further reading list for each chapter, multiple choice questions, fieldwork exercises and interactive models.

Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment

Author: Joseph Holden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405898379
Category : Physical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description

Physical Geography: The Basics

Author: Joseph Holden
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136727094
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Physical Geography: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the interactions, systems and processes that have shaped, and continue to shape, the physical world around us. This book introduces five key aspects of the study of physical geography: atmosphere, weather and climate systems the carbon cycle and historic and contemporary climate change plate tectonics, weathering, erosion and soils the role of water and ice in shaping the landscape and impacting human activity the patterns of plant and animal life and human impacts upon them. The book features diagrams, maps and a glossary to aid understanding of key ideas and suggestions for further reading to allow readers to develop their interest in the subject – making Physical Geography: The Basics the ideal starting point for anyone new to the study of geography and the environment.

Our Environment

Author: Donald Keith Fellows
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471057550
Category : Physical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 532

Book Description

Physical Geography

Author: Michael Bradshaw
Publisher: WCB/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780697240859
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 640

Book Description

Valuepack:an Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment/an Introduction to Human Geography

Author: Joseph Holden
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9781405887762
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This Value Pack consists of An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment, 1/e by Holden (ISBN: 9780131217614); An Introduction to Human Geography: issues for the 21st century, 2/e by Daniels/Bradshaw/Shaw/Sidaway (ISBN: 9780131217669); Geographies of Development, 2/e by Potter/Binns/Elliott/Smith (ISBN: 9780130605696)

The Physical Geography of Brazil

Author: André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030043339
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment. It describes the main environmental aspects of Brazil in relation to geology, climate, geomorphology, vegetation, fauna, water resources and environmental issues. The book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the physical geography of the Amazon Forest, the central Brazilian savannah (Cerrado), the Cocais Forest, the semi-arid area (Caatinga), the Atlantic Forest area, the Pantanal (Brazilian wetlands), the Auraucárias Plateau, the Pampas area (South grasslands) and the Brazilian Coastal Environment (beaches and mangroves).

Physical Geography

Author: William M. Marsh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764289
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721

Book Description
A systems-based approach to physical geography written in an easy-to-understand narrative style that is closely integrated with clear, single-concept illustrations.