Synopses & Reviews
This is an advanced, full length, physical geography of Africa, written by a distinguished international team of scholars. The first group of chapters identify pan-African patterns in the physical environment and those physical attributes that are distinctive to Africa. In the second group of chapters topics such as geomorphology, biogeography, environmental change and hydrology are considered within the context of the major biomes. The final chapters explore topical issues such as soil erosion, desertification, biodiversification and depletion, and conservation and development.
Table of Contents
1 c Tectonics, Geology, and Long-Term Landscape Development.
M. A. Summerfield2. The African Rift System, C. Nyamweru
3. Climate: Past and Present, A. S. Goudie
4. Environmental Change within the Historical Period, S. Nicholson
5. Climate Change within the Period of Meteorological Records, M. Hulme
6. Hydrology and Rivers, D. E. Walling
7. Lakes, W. M. Adams
8. Soils, O. Areola
9. The Geomorphology of the Seasonal Tropics, A. S. Goudie
10. Biogeography, M. E. Meadows
11. Forest Environments, A. Grainger
12. Savanna Environments, M. E. Adams
13. Desert Environments, N. Lancaster
14. Coastal Environments, A. Orme
15. Wetlands, F. M. R. Hughes
16. Mountains, D. Taylor
17. Mediterranean Environments, H. Allen
18. Soil Erosion, M. Stocking
19. Desertification, A. Warren
20. Biodiversity and Biodepletion, N. Myers
21. Conservation and Development, W. M. Adams
Index