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Books by Andrew Goudie






Human Impact on the Natural Environment(8th Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 472 Pages, Published 2018 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-119-40355-5, ISBN: 1-119-40355-3

"A brand new edition of the definitive textbook on humankind’s impact on the Earth’s environment―now in full color This classic text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. It considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. Thoroughly revised to cover the remarkable tran ..."






Geomorphology in the Anthropocene(1st Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie, Heather A. Viles
Hardcover, 380 Pages, Published 2016 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-13996-1, ISBN: 1-107-13996-1

"The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many different global environments, this comprehensive volume demonstrates that human impact on landforms and land-forming processes is profound, due to various driving forces, including: use of fire; extinction of fauna; development of agriculture, urbanisation, and globalisation; a ..."






Landforms of England and Wales(Updated)
by Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 404 Pages, Published 1993 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-16367-1, ISBN: 0-631-16367-0

"The landscape of England and Wales is full of variety, from the heights of Snowdonia to the flat, wet fenlands, from the bleakness of Dartmoor to the richness of the chalk downs. Goudie (geography, U. of Oxford) offers an up-to-date, detailed account of the physical geography of England and Wales, covering the geomorphology and geology of the area, showing how they are interrelated. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or."






The Human Impact Reader(1st Edition)
Readings and Case Studies
by Andrew S. Goudie, David Alexander, Blackwell Publishers
Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 1997 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-19981-6, ISBN: 0-631-19981-0

"EN Harrison, WC Hanna, and many other zoologists greatly facilitated our measurements of egg shells. We thank DA Ratcliffe for advice throughout the entire ..."






The Human Impact on the Natural Environment(7th Edition)
Past, Present, and Future
by Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 422 Pages, Published 2013 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-57658-8, ISBN: 1-118-57658-6

"The seventh edition of this classic student text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms and the atmosphere. It also looks into the future and considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. Extensively re-written, it contains many new statistical tables, figures, and references.  It is ess ..."






The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology(1st Edition)
by Kenneth J. Gregory, Andrew S. Goudie, Kenneth John Gregory, Sle Pound
Paperback, 648 Pages, Published 2011 by Sage Publications Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-4462-9584-7, ISBN: 1-4462-9584-2

"Geomorphology is the study of the Earth's diverse physical land-surface features and the dynamic processes that shape these features. Examining natural and anthropogenic processes, The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology is a comprehensive exposition of the fundamentals of geomorphology that examines form, process, and applications of the discipline. Organized into five substantive sections, the Handbook is an overview of: • Foundations an ..."






Salt Weathering Hazards(1st Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie, Heather A. Viles
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1997 by Wiley
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-95842-0, ISBN: 0-471-95842-5

"The hazards posed to engineering structures by salt weathering are increasing because of such diverse factors as the spread of irrigation and high levels of atmospheric pollution. Salt weathering is also a potent cause of rock decay and geomorphological change in polar, coastal and desert environments. The book discusses the reasons why the hazards are increasing and presents striking case studies from many parts of the world. It also d ..."






Arid and Semi-Arid Geomorphology(1st Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie, Author: Andrew Goudie
Hardcover, 461 Pages, Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-00554-9, ISBN: 1-107-00554-X

"Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly international perspective, with examples from all over the world. Extensively referenced and illustrated, it covers such topics as the importance of past climatic changes, the variability of different desert environments, rock breakdown, wind erosion and dust st ..."






The Nature of the Environment(4th Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 580 Pages, Published 2001 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-20069-7, ISBN: 0-631-20069-X

"The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text on the natural environment of the earth has now been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on The Organic World, more "windows", new illustrations, and a range of other features. Please visit the accompanying website at: http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/goudie to view sample material from both the new edition and forthcoming instructora s manual online. * Fully up ..."






The Human Impact On the Natural Environment(5th Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2000 by Wiley
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-19978-6, ISBN: 0-631-19978-0

"The Human Impact has become the classic student text for understanding the ways in which human activity has changed and is changing the face of the earth. The fifth edition follows the familiar and successful structure of the previous editions and examines the human role in natural processes and systems. The classic introductory textbook for students of the environment, now extensively updated. Updated throughout with new and expanded g ..."






The Earth Transformed(1st Edition)
An Introduction to Human Impacts on the Environment
by Andrew S. Goudie, Heather A. Viles
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1997 by Wiley-Blackwell
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-19465-1, ISBN: 0-631-19465-7

"The Earth Transformed answers the need for a concise, non–technical introduction to the ways in which the natural environment has been and is being affected by human activities. It is simply and engagingly written, and illustrated with maps, diagrams, figures and photographs. Among the subjects described and considered by the authors are desertification, deforestation, wetland management, biodiversity, climatic change, air pollution, ..."






The Nature of the Environment(4th Edition)
by Andrew S. Goudie
Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2001 by Wiley-Blackwell
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-22463-1, ISBN: 0-631-22463-7

"The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text on the natural environment of the earth has now been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on The Organic World, more "windows," new illustrations, and a range of other features. Please visit the accompanying website at: http: //www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/goudie to view sample material from both the new edition and forthcoming instructor's manual online. Fully ..."






The Human Impact on the Natural Environment(6th Edition)
Past, Present, and Future
by Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2005 by Wiley-Blackwell
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2704-2, ISBN: 1-4051-2704-X

"The new edition of this classic student text provides an up–to–date and comprehensive view of the major environmental issues facing the world today, and is an essential introduction to the past, present and future impact of humans on Earth. Explores the impact of humans upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. Updated extensively, with many new figures and up–to–date statistics. ..."






Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention(1st Edition)
by Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Andrew S. Goudie
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-41478-5, ISBN: 1-107-41478-4

"Human activities have had a huge impact on the environment and landscape, through industrialisation and land-use change, leading to climate change, deforestation, desertification, land degradation, and air and water pollution. These impacts are strongly linked to the occurrence of geomorphological hazards, such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches, soil erosion, and others. Geomorphological work includes not only the understanding but ..."






Encyclopedia of Global Change(1st Edition)
Environmental Change and Human Society: 2 volumes
by Andrew S. Goudie, David J. Cuff
Hardcover, 1,424 Pages, Published 2001 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510825-5, ISBN: 0-19-510825-6

"Mapping the relationship between human society and the Earth, the Encyclopedia of Global Change is the first general reference guide to the impact of politics, population, economics, and technology on the planet. Containing over 300 original, signed articles by distinguished scholars, it is the comprehensive work for this multi-discipline, high-profile field.The Encyclopedia synethsizes current knowledge on natural and human-made change ..."






Great Warm Deserts of the World(1st Edition)
Landscapes and Evolution (Geomorphological Landscapes of the World)
by Andrew S. Goudie
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924515-4, ISBN: 0-19-924515-0

"This is the first-ever regional study of the geomorphology of the world's deserts, demonstrating why different deserts have special landscape features and land-forming processes. It explains the climatic and tectonic history of deserts, showing how the histories of the deserts have been long and complex, and how they have responded to global changes in climate, particularly over the course of the last few millions of years. Each of th ..."






Arid and Semi-Arid Geomorphology
by Andrew S. Goudie
Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-06716-5, ISBN: 1-107-06716-2

"Andrew S. Goudie. Aref, M.M. (2003). Classification and depositional environments of Quaternary pedogenic gypsum crusts (gypcrete) from east of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Sedimentary Geology, 155, 87—108. Aref, M.M. and Refai, E. (1987). Paleokarst processes in the ... Aref, M.M., Awadalah, F. and Ahmed, S. (1986). Karst landform development ... Armitage, S.J., Drake, N.A., Stokes, S., El-Hawat, A, Salem, M.J., White, K., Turner, ..."






The Dictionary of Physical Geography
by Andrew S. Goudie
624 Pages, Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-68743-7, ISBN: 1-118-68743-4

"The history of the ideas perse in physical geography is, however, less than clear and one is forced to admit that GST (as opposed to general ideas of SYSTEMS) has been of little direct moment. The first explicit use of Von ... In later works (see Chorley and Kennedy 1971; Bennett and Chorley 1978), references to both GST and Von Bertalanffy are exiguous. Similarly Huggett (1980) makes no ... Huggett, R. 1980: Systems analysis in ge ..."






The Human Impact on the Natural Environment(7th Edition)
Past, Present, and Future
by Andrew S. Goudie
Hardcover, 422 Pages, Published 2013 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-57657-1, ISBN: 1-118-57657-8

"In Chapter One there will be a new section on recent ideas about Global Change, relating to such matters as Kyoto, Copenhagen, the Stern report, etc. There is also a need to review a large corpus of new ideas on the human evolution, domestication and current demographic trends.  In Chapter Two, the section on fire needs to say more about fire histories, the section on desertification is very dated and so needs a complete re-write, and t ..."






The Human Impact on the Natural Environment
Past, Present, and Future
by Andrew S. Goudie
424 Pages, Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-57825-4, ISBN: 1-118-57825-2

"El-Raey, M. (1997) Vulnerability assessment of the coastal zone of the Nile delta of Egypt to the impact of sea level rise. Ocean and Coastal Management, 37, 29– 40. ... L.G. and Meybeck, M. (2006) Effective sea-level rise and deltas: causes of change and human dimension implications. ... European Environment Agency ( 2001) Eutrophication in Europe's Coastal Waters. ... Evans, J.G., Limbrey, S. and Cleere, H. (eds) (1975) The effect ..."



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