Overview
- Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
- Provides a quick guide showing the localities of South Africa's best geomorphological sites worth visiting
- Unique compendium that book will appeal to both academics and geo-tourists
- Contains a special chapter on the significance of south African geomorphology in conservation, geo-heritage and geo-tourism
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: World Geomorphological Landscapes (WGLC)
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About this book
This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their relationships to human activity of the past and present. The sites described in this book include, amongst others, the Blyde River Canyon, Augrabies Falls, Kruger National Park, Kalahari desert landscapes, the Great Escarpment, Sterkfontein caves and karst system, Table Mountain, Cape winelands, coastal dunes, rocky coasts, Boer War battlefield sites, and Vredefort impact structure.
Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa provides a new perspective on South Africa’s scenic landscapes by considering their diversity, long and short term histories, and importance for geoconservation and geotourism. This book will be relevant to those interested in the geology, physical geography and history of South Africa, climate change and landscape tourism.
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Reviews
“The book provides excellent summaries of classic regions all around South Africa and is lavishly illustrated throughout with excellent full-color maps and images. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic and professional library collections.” (B. M. Simonson, Choice, Vol. 53 (6), February, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
The author is an Associate Professor in Physical Geography at the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg in 1998. Dr. Grab is a member of the South African Society for Quaternary Research, of the South African Society for Quaternary Research and of the Southern African Geographical Society. He works as a book review editor for The South African Geographical Journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa
Editors: Stefan Grab, Jasper Knight
Series Title: World Geomorphological Landscapes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03559-8Published: 25 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37464-2Published: 07 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03560-4Published: 05 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2213-2090
Series E-ISSN: 2213-2104
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 187
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geomorphology, Physical Geography, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Soil Science & Conservation