Contemporary meanings in physical geography from what to why? / edited by Stephen Trudgill and André Roy.
| Other author | Trudgill, Stephen T. (Stephen Thomas), 1947- |
| Other author | Roy, André. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface / Professor Sir Ron Cooke -- PART I. SETTING THE SCENE -- Previous actors and current influences: trends and fashions in physical geography / Peter Sims -- Meaning, knowledge, constructs and fieldwork in physical geography / Stephen Trudgill -- PART II. PERSONAL MEANINGS -- Realms of gold, wild surmise and wondering about physical geography / Tim Burt -- Goodbye to geographical reality: a retrospect on the new geography / Tim Bayliss-Smith -- PART III. RESEARCH MEANINGS -- Natural science of geomorphology? / Chris Keylock -- Putting the morphology back into fluvial geomorphology: the case of river meanders and tributary junctions / André Roy -- Simple at heart? Landscape as a self-organizing complex system / David Favis-Mortlock, Dirk de Boer -- Cultural climatology / John Thornes, Glenn McGregor -- Geomorphological and landscape wisdom - using local knowledge to manage slopes / Gerardo Bocco, Juan Pulido -- Conceptions of nature: implications for an integrated geography / Michael Urban, Bruce Rhoads -- Ethical grounds for an integrated geography / Keith Richards -- PART V. FUTURES -- 'Writing's on the walls': on style, substance and selling physical geography / Heather Viles -- Conclusion: contemporary meanings in physical geography / Stephen Trudgill. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004270174 |
| ISBN | 0340806893 |
| ISBN | 0340806907 (pbk.) |
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