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Title Southern African landscapes and environmental change / edited by Peter J. Holmes and John Boardman
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Earthscan studies in natural resource management
Earthscan studies in natural resource management.
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
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
Ecogeomorphology -- Africa, Southern
Climatic geomorphology -- Africa, Southern
Biogeography -- Climatic factors -- Africa, Southern
Land degradation -- Africa, Southern
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Biogeography -- Climatic factors.
Climatic geomorphology.
Ecogeomorphology.
Land degradation.
Landscape changes.
Southern Africa.
Form Electronic book
Author Holmes, P. J. (Peter Jeremy), 1948- editor, contributor.
Boardman, John, 1942- editor, contributor.
LC no. 2020691420
ISBN 9781134972395
1134972393
9781315537979
1315537974
9781134972326
1134972326
9781134972463
1134972466