Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change Britain In The Last 1000 Years

by Higgitt, David L.; Lee, E. Mark

• ISBN13: 9780631222736
• ISBN10: 0631222731
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes. The relevance of technological and conceptual approaches to understanding landscape dynamics is also considered.David Higgitt's introduction looks at the nature of environmental change during the last millennium and assesses the significance of individual events. The body of the book is formed by an examination of key process environments highlighting significant trends and the influence of human activity, and incorporating examples and modelling.The editors' closing chapter then summarises the significance of human impact on the environment, the nature of the evidence for geomorphological change and its implication for environmental management and engineering design.The book will encourage geographers to look forward to the challenges that geomorphology faces in the new millennium.

Author Biography

David Higgitt, is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Durham. He has published widely in geomorphological literature including a review series in Progress in Physical Geography, and recent papers in Catena, Geomorphology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Environmental Management. He has also written several invited book chapters.

Mark Lee is Senior Research Associate, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. As a consultant geomorphologist he has extensive experience of working on engineering geomorphology projects (especially coastal management) in UK and overseas. Has written numerous papers in geomorphological literature including authoring the recent DoE overviews on soil erosion and landsliding in the UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	xi
List of Contributors	xiii
Preface	xv
Figure Acknowledgements	xvii
A Brief Time of History	1	(26)
David L. Higgitt
Back A'long: a Millennial Geomorphology	27	(34)
Denys Brunsden
The Evolution of Hillslope Processes	61	(29)
David K. C. Jones
Valley-floor and Floodplain Processes	90	(26)
Barbara T. Rumsby
Fluvial Processes	116	(31)
Janet M. Hooke
Estuaries and Coasts: Morphological Adjustments and Process Domains	147	(43)
E. Mark Lee
Sediment Transfer in Upland Environments	190	(25)
David L. Higgitt
Jeff Warburton
Martin G. Evans
Fine Particulate Sediment Transfers in Lowland Rural Environments	215	(22)
Ian D. L. Foster
Living with Natural Hazards: the Costs and Management Framework	237	(32)
E. Mark Lee
Geomorphology for the Third Millennium	269	(20)
David L. Higgitt
E. Mark Lee
Geographical Index	289	(4)
Subject Index	293