Buch, Englisch, 452 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 879 g
Reihe: Oxford Regional Environments
Buch, Englisch, 452 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 879 g
Reihe: Oxford Regional Environments
ISBN: 978-0-19-823406-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press
subject, discuss the present state of knowledge, and set out the work and methods that have created it. This part is followed by a group of chapters that integrate such topics as geomorphology, biogeography, environmental change and hydrology within each of the major biomes - forest, savannah, desert,
coast, wetland, mountain, Mediterranean and Rift Valley - found in the African continent. Finally there is a section in which various authors look at topical issues concerned with the impact of human activity on the environment. Conservation and development are considered in the light of issues such as soil erosion, desertification, and biodiversity and biodepletion.
The authors have produced this integrated physical geography in honour of A.T. Grove as a durable reference work which gives a new perspective on the continent of Africa.