Overview
- An up-to-date overview of Anthropogenic Geomorphology with over a hundred detailed illustrations
- Comprehensive information on man-made landforms
- Investigates human intervention into the landscape as anthropogenic processes
- Numerous case studies and examples from around the world and, particularly, from Europe
- Hungarian professional literature presented in English for the first time
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Anthropogenic Geomorphology and Related Disciplines
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Front Matter
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Impacts of Various Human Activities on the Landscape
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About this book
Anthropogenic geomorphology studies society’s impact on the geographical environment, and especially on the Earth’s surface. This volume provides guidance to students discussing the basic topics of anthropogenic geomorphology. The chapters cover both its system, and its connections with other sciences, as well as the way the subject can contribute to tackling today’s practical problems. The book represents all fields of geomorphology, giving an introduction to the diversity of the discipline through examples taken from a range of contexts and periods, and focusing on examples from Europe. It is no accident that anthropogenic geomorphology has been gaining ground within geomorphology itself. Its results advance not only the theoretical development of the science but can be applied directly to social and economic issues. Worldwide, anthropogenic geomorphology is an integral and expanding part of earth sciences curricula in higher education, making this a timely and relevant text.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
József Szabó is Professor Emeritus, Vice-President of the Hungarian Geographical Society, Corresponding Member of the CERG - Strasbourg and a Member of the International Landslide Research Group - Palo Alto, California. His research fields are mass movements and other geomorphological processes, land evaluation, anthropogenic geomorphology, geomorphological hazards and history of physical geography.
Lóránt Dávid is a college professor and Head of the Department of Tourism and Regional Development at Károly Róbert College. He has longstanding teaching and research experience in the fields of anthropogenic geomorphology, environmental protection, tourism and regional development, and has worked as an expert in a number of government programs.
Dénes Lóczy is an associate professor, Head of the Department of Physical Geography and Deputy Director of the Institute of Geography at Janus Pannonius University, Pécs. From 2001 till 2005 he was Secretary of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG). His research interests are land evaluation, land use studies, floodplain geomorphology and environmental protection.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anthropogenic Geomorphology
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Man-Made Landforms
Editors: József Szabó, Lóránt Dávid, Dénes Lóczy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3058-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3057-3Published: 26 May 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9178-7Published: 02 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3058-0Published: 10 April 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 250
Additional Information: Original Hungarian edition published by: Antropogén geomorfológia, Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó-Debreceni Egyetem, 2006
Topics: Physical Geography, Geology, Soil Science & Conservation, Environmental Management