Physical Geography Textbooks
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Fundamentals of Geomorphology
3rd Edition
Series: Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography
This extensively revised, restructured, and updated edition continues to present an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the subject, exploring the world’s landforms from a broad systems perspective. It covers the basics of Earth surface forms and processes, while reflecting on the latest...
Published March 16th 2011 by Routledge
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Physical Geography: The Basics
Series: The Basics
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...
Published April 28th 2011 by Routledge
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Atmosphere, Weather and Climate
This book presents a comprehensive introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability and changes, and projected future trends. Extensively revised and updated, this ninth edition retains its tried and tested structure while incorporating recent...
Published September 27th 2009 by Routledge
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Environmental Hazards
Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, 5th Edition
The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to demonstrate how natural and human...
Published January 29th 2009 by Routledge
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Fundamentals of the Physical Environment
Fourth Edition
Fundamentals of the Physical Environment has established itself as a well-respected core introductory book for students of physical geography and the environmental sciences. Taking a systems approach, it demonstrates how the various factors operating at Earth’s surface can and do interact...
Published May 15th 2008 by Routledge
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Fundamentals of Hydrology
Series: Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography
In order to manage the world's increasingly scarce water resources we must have a sound understanding of how water moves around the planet and what influences water quality. Fundamentals of Hydrology provides an engaging and comprehensive introduction to this subject and provides real-life examples...
Published April 23rd 2008 by Routledge
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Fundamentals of Fluvial Geomorphology
Rivers are significant geomorphological agents, they show an amazing diversity of form and behaviour and transfer water and sediment from the land surface to the oceans. This book examines how river systems respond to environmental change and why this understanding is needed for successful river...
Published November 14th 2007 by Routledge
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Coastal Systems
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environmental Science
The coast represents the crossroads between the oceans, land and atmosphere, and all three contribute to the physical and ecological evolution of coastlines. Coasts are dynamic systems, with identifiable inputs and outputs of energy and material. Changes to input force coasts to respond, often in...
Published September 4th 2008 by Routledge
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Field Sampling for Environmental Science and Management
Scientists and consultants need to estimate and map properties of the terrestrial environment. These include plant nutrients and parasites in soil, gaseous emissions from soil, pollutant metals and xenobiotics in waste and contaminated land, salt in groundwater and species abundances above ground....
Published July 17th 2012 by Routledge
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Land, Water and Development
Sustainable and Adaptive Management of Rivers
Water is newsworthy: there is, or will be, a world water crisis. Aggravated by climate change, we are approaching the limits of human exploitation of freshwater resources, notably in growing essential food. The complexities and uncertainties associated with improving our management of fresh water...
Published September 16th 2008 by Routledge
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Glaciers
This book offers a comprehensive and detailed summary of our knowledge and understanding of glaciers and sets them within a global environment context. The text explains the significance both of recent advances in glaciology, and of teh many research problms that remain to be solved. The...
Published February 18th 1999 by Routledge
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Using Statistics to Understand the Environment
Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environmental Science
Using Statistics to Understand the Environment covers all the basic tests required for environmental practicals and projects and points the way to the more advanced techniques that may be needed in more complex research designs. Following an introduction to project design, the book covers methods...
Published April 5th 2000 by Routledge
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Fundamentals of Soils
Series: Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography
Fundamentals of Soil provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to soils and the workings of soil systems. This text is the only one of its kind to provide an attractive, lively and accessible introduction to this topic. Featuring learning tools within each chapter, such as summaries, essay...
Published June 21st 2000 by Routledge
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Fundamentals of Biogeography
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography
Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation of animals and plants. Starting with an outline of how species arise, disperse, diversify and become extinct, the book examines:...
Published July 21st 2004 by Routledge
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Environmental Chemistry in Society
Taking a nonmathematical approach to the material, Environmental Chemistry in Society presents the chemistry of the environment in a way accessible to students who have little or no science background. It relates the fundamentals of chemistry to contemporary environmental issues. Shows the...
Published September 28th 2008 by CRC Press
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Chemistry for Environmental and Earth Sciences
Tackling environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, water pollution, and soil contamination requires an understanding of the underlying science and chemistry of these processes in real-world systems and situations. Chemistry for Environmental and Earth Sciences...
Published September 30th 2007 by CRC Press
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Science, Philosophy and Physical Geography
This accessible and engaging text explores the relationship between philosophy, science and physical geography. It addresses an imbalance that exists in opinion, teaching and to a lesser extent research, between a philosophically enriched human geography and a perceived philosophically ignorant...
Published December 8th 2004 by Routledge
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Biodiversity and Conservation
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
This revised second edition provides an introductory guide through the maze of interdisciplinary themes that comprise 'biodiversity.' It combines biological sciences with insights into the origins, variety and distribution of biodiversity, analysis of the social and political context, and the...
Published December 7th 2005 by Routledge
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Ecosystems
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environmental Science
In examining both theory and applications, this book, through useful examples, provides a stimulating introduction to ecosystems. It examines the nature, types and characteristics of ecosystems as well as investigating the interactions between various systems and human actions. Using functional...
Published December 6th 2006 by Routledge