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: www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/goudie to view sample material from both the new edition and forthcoming instructor’s manual online.
* Fully updated with an entirely new chapter, and new features throughout.
* Now features a list of key concepts and points for review.
* Includes increased number of windows, updated and expanded reading guides, and new plates and diagrams.
* Well illustrated with updated examples and case studies.
* Puts more stress on the importance of hazards, natural environmental changes, and human impacts.
Mengenai Pengarang
Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography at the University of
Oxford and a former Pro-Vice Chancellor. He is holder of the Royal
Geographical Society’s Founder’s Medal and the Royal Scottish
Geographical Society’s Mungo Park Medal. He is a Fellow of Hertford
College, Oxford.
His previous books include The Human Impact 5e (Blackwell,
1999), The Human Impact Reader (Blackwell, 1997) , The
Earth Transformed (Blackwell, 1997), and The Changing
Earth (Blackwell, 1995). He is co-editor of The Students
Companion to Geography (Blackwell, 1992) and The Dictionary
of Physical Geography 3e (Blackwell, 2000)