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Southern African landscapes and environmental change
Title
Southern African landscapes and environmental change / edited by Peter J. Holmes and John Boardman.
ISBN
9781138688957
1138688959
9781315537979
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Physical Description
xviii, 307 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"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."--Publisher's summary.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 14, 2018
Series
Earthscan studies in natural resource management
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Peter J. Holmes and John Boardman
The geomorphic evolution of Southern Africa during the Cenozoic / Jasper Knight and Stefan W. Grab
Southern African soils and their susceptibility to degradation / Chris C. du Preez, Elmarie Kotzé and Cornie W. van Huyssteen
Southern African rivers and fresh water resources within the context of the Anthropocene / Anthony Turton
Southern African biomes / Karen J. Esler and Emma Archer
Land use, land cover and vegetation change in Southern Africa / Timm Hoffman
Fluvial system response to environmental change / Kate M. Rowntree, Bennie W. van der Waal and Lindi B. Smith-Adao
Southern African drylands and their unique challenges / Jasper Knight and Peter J. Holmes
Southern African montane environments / Stefan W. Grab and Jasper Knight
Savanna ecosystems of Southern Africa / Geoffrey Mukwada
Landscape dynamics within the Southern African coastal zone / Andrew S. Carr and Alan M. Smith
Agriculture and a changing biophysical environment / CW van Huyssteen, CC du Preez and Peter J. Holmes
Monitoring and assessing land degradation : new approaches / Ian D.L. Foster and John Boardman
Quaternary environmental change / Michael E. Meadows and Peter J. Holmes
Conclusion.
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