Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know Very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities.
Using examples from around the wor.
Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how scientists have built on classic methods--pioneered by the great researchers of the nineteenth century--to shed new light on our planet.
Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know Very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities