InTech, 2012. β 294 p. β ISBN 978-953-51-0361-5.<div class="bb-sep"></div>ΠΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ: www.intechopen.com.<br/>This book includes several geomorphological studies up-to-date, incorporating different disciplines and methodologies, always focused on methods, tools and general issues of environmental
Studies on Environmental and Applied Geomorphology
β Scribed by T. Piacentini
- Publisher
- Intech
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 294
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
00 preface_ Geomorphology......Page 1
01_Using Discrete Debris Accumulations
to Help Interpret Upland Glaciation of
the Younger Dryas in the British Isles......Page 15
02_Biogeomorphologic Approaches
to a Study of Hillslope Processes
Using Non-Destructive Methods......Page 35
03_Geomorphological Instability
Triggered by Heavy Rainfall: Examples
in the Abruzzi Region (Central Italy)......Page 59
04_Environmental Changes in Lakes Catchments
as a Trigger for Rapid Eutrophication
β A Prespa Lake Case Study......Page 77
05_Intervention of Human Activities on
Geomorphological Evolution of Coastal Areas:
Cases from Turkey......Page 133
06_Spatial and Time Balancing Act:
Coastal Geomorphology in View of
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)......Page 155
07_Hydro-Geomorphic Classification and
Potential Vegetation Mapping for Upper
Mississippi River Bottomland Restoration......Page 177
08_Anthropogenic Induced Geomorphological
Change Along the Western Arabian Gulf Coast......Page 205
09_Comparison of SRTM and ASTER
Derived Digital Elevation Models over Two
Regions in Ghana β Implications for
Hydrological and Environmental Modeling......Page 233
10_From Landscape Preservation to
Landscape Governance: European
Experiences with Sustainable
Development of Protected Landscapes......Page 255
11_Introduction to Anthropogenic Geomorphology......Page 281
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