The Nature Of The Environment 4E
商品資訊
ISBN13：9780631200697
出版社：John Wiley & Sons Inc
作者：Goudie
出版日：2001/05/08
裝訂／頁數：平裝／580頁
商品簡介
Please visit the accompanying website at: http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/goudie to view sample material from both the new edition and forthcoming instructor's manual online.
- Fully updated with an entirely new chapter, and new features throughout.
- Now features a list of key concepts and points for review.
- Includes increased number of windows, updated and expanded reading guides, and new plates and diagrams.
- Well illustrated with updated examples and case studies.
- Puts more stress on the importance of hazards, natural environmental changes, and human impacts.
作者簡介
His previous books include The Human Impact 5e (Blackwell, 1999), The Human Impact Reader (Blackwell,1997) , The Earth Transformed (Blackwell, 1997), and The Changing Earth (Blackwell, 1995). He is co-editor of The Students Companion to Geography (Blackwell, 1992) and The Dictionary of Physical Geography 3e (Blackwell, 2000)
目次
Acknowledgements.
Part I: The Global Framework:.
1. Global Geological Background.
The Ancient Earth.
Core, Mantle and Crust.
The Nature of the Ocean Floors.
The Surface of the Land.
Earthquakes.
The Shape of the Continents.
The Question of Plates.
Microplates and Exotic Terraces.
The Earth's Rock Types.
The Subdivisions of the Earth's History.
Conclusions.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 1.
2. Global Climatic Background.
A Vertical Profile Through the Atmosphere.
Global Climate.
World Patterns of Precipitation.
World Patterns of Temperature.
The Major Climatic Zones.
The Hydrological Cycle.
Ocean Currents.
Ocean Atmosphere Interactions.
Climatic Change.
Causes Long-Term Climatic Change.
Sea-Level Changes.
Future Climates.
Conclusions.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 2.
3. The Organic World.
Major Vegetation Types.
Human Modifications of Major Vegetation Types.
Floral Realms.
Faunal Realms.
The World's Great Soil Orders.
Human Modifications of Soil.
Climatic Geomorphology: The Influence of Climate, Soil and Vegetation.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 3.
Part II: Major World Zones:.
4. Cold Environments.
Polar Climates.
Vegetation and Wildlife.
Glacier Types.
The Formation of Glacier Ice.
How Glaciers Move.
Glacial Erosion.
Glacial Deposits.
Glacier Ice and Sea-Level Changes.
Permafrost.
Ground Ice.
Thermokarst.
Ice Segregation and Frost Heaving.
Frost Shattering and Soil Formation.
Slope Processes, Avalanches and River Regimes.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 4.
5. The Mid-latitudes.
The Westerlies.
Cyclones and Anticyclones.
Air Masses.
Cool Temperate Climates.
Western Margin Warm Temperate Climates (The Mediterranean Type).
Eastern Margin Warm Temperate Climates.
Boreal Forest.
Deciduous Forests.
Mid-Latitude Grasslands.
Mediterranean Evergreen Woodlands.
Soils of Cool Temperate Climates.
Soils of Warm Temperate Climates.
The Impact of Climatic Change on the Landscape.
Loess Sheets.
Dry Valleys and Mis Fit Stream.
Tors.
Natural Hazards in Western Europe.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 5.
6. Deserts.
Introduction.
What Causes Aridity?.
Desert Rainfall.
Desert Temperatures.
Past Climates in Deserts.
Desert Vegetation and Animals.
Soils and Surface Materials.
Insolation and Salt Weathering.
Wind Action in Deserts.
Sand Deposition - Dunes.
The Work of Rivers.
Desert Slopes.
Dams, Reservoirs and Inter-Basin Water Transfer.
Land Degradation.
Problems of the Desert Realm.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 6.
7. The Tropics.
The General Atmospheric Circulation.
The Wet Tropics.
Tropical Season Climates.
Monsoons.
Tropical Disturbances.
Tropical Rainforests.
Secondary Forest.
Tropical Seasonal Forest and Savannah.
Mangrove Swamps.
Coral Reefs.
Weathering of Rocks.
Slope Movements.
Some Problems of the Humid Tropics.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 7.
Part III: Mountain and Maritime Environments:.
8. Mountains.
Introduction.
Mountain Climates.
Snow and the Snow-Line.
Mountain Vegetation.
The Timber-Line.
Alpine Tundra.
Mountain Hazards.
Changing Climates.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for chapter 8.
9. Coasts.
Coastlines.
Waves.
Barrier Beaches and Related Forms.
Tides.
Storm Surges.
Estuaries.
Coastal Dunes.
Salt Marshes.
Coast Erosion.
The Human Impact on the Coastline.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 9.
Part IV: Landscapes and Ecosystems:.
10. Plants and Animals.
Ecology and Ecosystems.
Plants and Their Habitats.
Life in the Oceans.
Community.
Succession.
Dispersal and Migration of Plants.
Dispersal and Migration of Animals.
The Importance of Area.
Human Impact on Plants and Animals.
Domestication.
Introductions.
Pollution.
Habitat Change.
Extinction.
Conservation.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 10.
11. Tectonic Features.
Introduction.
Volcanoes.
Intrusive Igneous Rocks.
Earthquakes.
Man-Made Seismic Activity.
Faults.
Folding.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 11.
12. Slopes.
Mass Movements.
Slope Instability.
Other Processes Operating on Slopes.
Slope Forms.
Slope Development Through Time.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 12.
13. Soils and Weathering.
Factors of Soil Formation.
Soil Profiles.
Types of Weathering.
Mechanical Weathering.
Chemical Weathering.
Accelerated Soil Erosion.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 13.
14. The Hydrological Cycle.
Introduction.
Precipitation.
Interception.
Evapotranspiration.
Infiltration.
Surface Runoff.
Groundwater.
Streamflow and the Hydrograph.
Annual River Regimes.
Lakes.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 14.
15. Rivers.
Introduction.
Morphometry of Drainage Basins.
Drainage Basin Patterns.
Concave Long Profiles.
Channel Cross-Section and Hydraulic Geometry.
Channel Patterns.
Flood Plains.
Terraces.
Deltas.
Stream Transport.
Rates of Fluvial Denudation.
Floods.
The Human Impact on Rivers.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 15.
16. Cities.
Introduction.
The Climate of Cities.
Air Pollution and its Problems.
Urbanisation and River Flow.
Thermal Pollution River Water.
Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Associated with Construction and Urbanisation.
Animals in Cities.
Key Terms and Concepts.
Points for Review.
Further Reading for Chapter 16.
Part V: Conclusion:.
17. Nature, Humans and the Environment.
Introduction.
Environmental Complexity.
Environmental Interactions.
The Importance of Scale.
The Influence of Environment on Humans.
The Human Impact.
The Ever-Changing Environment.
Humans or Nature?.
Equifinality.
The Relevance and Application of Physical Geography.
Index.
購物須知
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。