The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology

Ken Gregory obtained his BSc, PhD and DSc from the University of London, was made CBE in 2007 for services to geography and higher education, and is currently President of the British Society for Geomorphology. Research interests include river channel change and management, palaeohydrology and the development of physical geography, and he has written more than 140 papers, authored and edited 30 books including The Earth’s Land Surface (2010) and The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology (2011). He has 3 Honorary degrees, and received the Founder’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1993), the Linton award of the BGRG (1999), and the Geographical medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (2000).Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and President of the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

• Introduction to the Discipline of Geomorphology - Kenneth J. Gregory and Andrew Goudie PART ONE: FOUNDATION AND RELEVANCEGeomorphology: Its Early History - Andrew GoudieThe Nature of Explanation in Geomorphology - Keith Richards and Nicholas J. CliffordThe Role and Character of Theory in Geomorphology - Bruce L. Rhoads and Colin E. ThornGeomorphology in Environmental Management - Peter W. Downs and Derek B. BoothGeomorphology and Society - Mathias Kondolf and Hervé PiégayPART TWO: TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHESObservations and Experiments - Michael ChurchGeomorphological Mapping - Mike J. Smith and Colin F. PainThe Significance of Models in Geomorphology: From Concepts to Experiments - Nicholas A. Odoni and Stuart N. LaneProcess and Form - Richard HuggettDating Surfaces and Sediments - Tony G. BrownRemote Sensing in Geomorphology - Tom G. FarrGeographic Information Systems in Geomorphology - Takashi Oguchi and Thad A. Wasklewicz Biogeomorphology - Heather VilesHuman Activity and Geomorphology - Dénes Lóczy and László S toPART THREE: PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTSThe Evolution of Regolith - Graham TaylorRock Surface and Weathering: Process and Form - David A. Robinson and Cherith A. MosesFluids, Flows and Fluxes in Geomorphology - André G. Roy and Hélène LamarreSediment Transport and Deposition - Jeff Warburton Hillslopes - David PetleyRiverine Environments - Jim PizzutoGlacial Geomorphology - John MenziesPeriglacial Environments - Hugh French Coastal Environments - Colin D. Woodroffe, Peter J. Cowell, Mark E. DicksonAeolian Environments - Joanna E. BullardTropical Environments - Michael Thomas and Vishwas Kale Geomorphology Underground: The Study of Karst and Karst Processes - D. C. Ford, and P. W. Williams, PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGELandscape Evolution and Tectonics - Paul BishopInterpreting Quaternary Environments - Anne MatherEnvironmental Change - Martin WilliamsDisturbance and Responses in Geomorphic Systems - Jonathan D. PhillipsPART FIVE: CONCLUSIONChallenges and Perspectives - Mike Crozier, P. Bierman, Andreas Lang and Victor R. BakerConclusion - Kenneth J. Gregory and Andrew Goudie

Geomorphology has been substantially transformed over the past couple of decades and it is fitting that the peak international body should generate a comprehensive description at this time. The book provides an overview of the whole discipline, instructive to those insiders who may have become absorbed in one of its many branches as well as to those outside the discipline, bringing them up to date on the state of geomorphology in the early 21st centuryGeographical Research [The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology is] aimed primarily at academics, researchers and postgraduate students... The handbook considered here comprises 33 chapters written and co-written by 49 contributors from around the world, but predominantly from North America, the UK and Australia. It is edited by two eminent and committed British geomorphologists with long careers and impeccable credentials for the task... [The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology] providesexcellent up-to-date summaries of the current state of knowledge and reading lists for different areas of the subject, as well as succinct reviews of different stages of the historical development of the discipline. Richard A ShakesbySwansea University