Southern African Landscapes and Environmental Change

ISBN-13: 9780367588885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 308 str.

Peter J. Holmes; John Boardman

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Peter J. Holmes is a retired professor, and currently Research Fellow, in the Department of Geography, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. His primary research interest is the geomorphology of semi-arid environments.

John Boardman is an Emeritus Professor in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, UK, where he previously ran the Masters Programme. He is also a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa.