Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Earthscan studies in natural resource management |
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Earthscan studies in natural resource management.
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The geomorphic evolution of southern Africa during the Cenozoic; 3 Southern African soils and their susceptibility to degradation; 4 Southern African rivers and fresh water resources within the context of the Anthropocene; 5 Southern African biomes; 6 Land use, land cover and vegetation change in southern Africa; 7 Fluvial system response to environmental change; 8 Southern African drylands and their unique challenges; 9 Southern African montane environments |
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10 Savanna ecosystems of southern Africa; 11 Landscape dynamics within the southern African coastal zone; 12 Agriculture and a changing biophysical environment; 13 Monitoring and assessing land degradation: New approaches; 14 Quaternary environmental change; 15 Conclusion; Index |
Summary |
"This volume provides both a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa, and how these environments have been, are and will be subject to change."--Publisher's summary |
Notes |
"Earthscan from Routledge"--Tilte page |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Landscape changes -- Africa, Southern
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Ecogeomorphology -- Africa, Southern
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Climatic geomorphology -- Africa, Southern
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Biogeography -- Climatic factors -- Africa, Southern
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Land degradation -- Africa, Southern
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Biogeography -- Climatic factors.
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Climatic geomorphology.
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Ecogeomorphology.
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Land degradation.
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Landscape changes.
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Southern Africa.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Holmes, P. J. (Peter Jeremy), 1948- editor, contributor.
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Boardman, John, 1942- editor, contributor.
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LC no. |
2020691420 |
ISBN |
9781134972395 |
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1134972393 |
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9781315537979 |
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1315537974 |
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9781134972326 |
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1134972326 |
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9781134972463 |
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1134972466 |
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