The Physical Geography of Africa

The Physical Geography of Africa
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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages : 429
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ISBN-10 : 0198234066
ISBN-13 : 9780198234067
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Book Synopsis The Physical Geography of Africa by : William M. Adams

Download or read book The Physical Geography of Africa written by William M. Adams and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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