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.
Giới thiệu về tác giả
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)