The physical geography of Africa
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The physical geography of Africa
（The Oxford regional environments series）
Oxford University Press, 1999, c1996
- : pbk
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"First published in paperback 1999"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
An international team of distinguished scholars have each contributed a chapter to produce an advanced, full length, physical geography of Africa. The first part provides an overview of both pan-Africa patterns in the physical environment and those attributes of African physical geography that are distinctive by considering the development of the main features through time. The authors also provide a synoptic review of Francophone and Anglophone literature on the
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.
目次
- 2. The African Rift System
- 3. Climate: Past and Present
- 4. Environmental Change within the Historical Period
- 5. Climate Change within the Period of Meteorological Records
- 6. Hydrology and Rivers
- 7. Lakes
- 8. Soils
- 9. The Geomorphology of the Seasonal Tropics
- 10. Biogeography
- 11. Forest Environments
- 12. Savanna Environments
- 13. Desert Environments
- 14. Coastal Environments
- 15. Wetlands
- 16. Mountains
- 17. Mediterranean Environments
- 18. Soil Erosion
- 19. Desertification
- 20. Biodiversity and Biodepletion
- 21. Conservation and Development
- Index
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