Written and edited by a distinguished group of physical geographers, Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography covers a diverse and lively selection of topics and offers guides to the contemporary debates in the philosophy of physical geography. This book is an essential companion to anyonestudying, or with an interest in, physical geography.

Editor's preface

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Authors

ix

Acknowledgements

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PREFACE Professor Sir Ron Cooke, Vice-Chancellor, University of York; President Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)

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PART I SETTING THE SCENE

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1. Peter Sims, Plymouth. Previous actors and current influences: trends and fashions in physical geography.

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2. Stephen Trudgill, Cambridge. Meaning, knowledge, constructs and fieldwork in physical geography.

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PART II PERSONAL MEANINGS

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3. Tim Burt, Durham. Realms of gold, wild surmise and wondering about physical geography.

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4. Tim Bayliss-Smith, Cambridge. Goodbye to Geographical Reality: a retrospect on the New Geography.

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PART III RESEARCH MEANINGS

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5. Chris Keylock, Leeds, The natural science of geomorphology?

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6. André Roy, Montreal and Stuart Lane, Leeds. Putting the morphology back into fluvial geomorphology: the case of river meanders and tributary junctions.

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7. David Favis-Mortlock, Belfast and Dirk de Boer, Saskatchewan. Simple at heart? Landscape as a self organizing complex system.

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8. John Thornes and Glenn McGregor, Birmingham. Cultural climatology.

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9. Gerardo Bocco and Juan Pulido, Mexico. Geomorphological and landscape wisdom using local knowledge to manage slopes.

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10. Michael Urban, Missouri, Columbia and Bruce Rhoads, Illinois, Urbana. Conceptions of nature: implications for an integrated geography.

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11. Keith Richards, Cambridge. Ethical grounds for an integrated geography.

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PART IV FUTURES

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12. Heather Viles, Oxford. The writing's on the walls': on style, substance and selling physical geography.

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13. Stephen Trudgill, Cambridge. Conclusion: contemporary meanings in physical geography.

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Index

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