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What were the landscapes of the past like? What will landscapes look like in the future? Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how geomorphologists have built on classic methods pioneered by some great 19th century scientists to examine our Earth. Using examples from around the world, including New Zealand, the Tibetan Plateau, and the deserts of the Middle East, they examine some of the key controls on landscape today such as tectonics and climate, as well as humans and the living world. They also discuss some key 'landscape detectives' from the past, including Charles Darwin who did some important, but often overlooked, research on landscape. Concluding with the cultural importance of landscape, and exploring how this has led to the conservation of much 'earth heritage', they delve into the future and look at how we can predict the response of landscapes to climate change in the future.
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The tone is a bit like a textbook, and I guess that if I were a student faced with doing a module on this topic it would be a useful introduction. As a general reader I had some reservations. A few interesting 'case studies' are mentioned (e.g. the Tibetan plateau) and I would have liked some more. There is a good chapter on cultural connections. The authors are gratifyingly circumspect about global warming.
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An Introductory View of Landscapes
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There are very few things in the world that can inspire instantaneous awe and admiration as much as a beautiful and dramatic landscape. Be it the Grand Canyon, Himalayas, the Amazon rainforest or any other similarly spectacular natural formation, landscapes provoke in us an inimitable sense of astonishment. Wondering how these incredible, and some less so, natural features came about has been a subject of human pondering for millennia, and only over the past couple of centuries have adequate answers started to emerge.
This short book deals with the scientific explanation of the major geographical features. It talks in some detail about the major forces that have shaped various landscapes: plate tectonics, various forms of erosion, biological factors, and in recent centuries human impact. There is also a mention of how climate change has in the past affected geomorphology, and what we can expect if there are significant climate changes in the near future. A particularly interesting was the chapter on the "invisible" landscapes: deep ocean floors and other planets in the solar system. The extreme difference of the physical properties of these environments (pressure, temperature, gravity) as compared to those on the Earth's dry surface makes for some incredibly alien landscape formations.
Overall this is a very well written and accessible introduction to landscapes and geomorphology.
This short book deals with the scientific explanation of the major geographical features. It talks in some detail about the major forces that have shaped various landscapes: plate tectonics, various forms of erosion, biological factors, and in recent centuries human impact. There is also a mention of how climate change has in the past affected geomorphology, and what we can expect if there are significant climate changes in the near future. A particularly interesting was the chapter on the "invisible" landscapes: deep ocean floors and other planets in the solar system. The extreme difference of the physical properties of these environments (pressure, temperature, gravity) as compared to those on the Earth's dry surface makes for some incredibly alien landscape formations.
Overall this is a very well written and accessible introduction to landscapes and geomorphology.
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