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Fundamentals of the Physical Environment Fourth Edition

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ISBN-10: 041539516X

ISBN-13: 9780415395168

Edition: 4th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Smithson, Ken Atkinson, Ken Addison

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List price: $93.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 776
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.840
Language: English

The British architect Peter Simpson has produced one of the most significant and influential bodies of work of the second half of the 20th century. His books include Urban Structuring, Ordinariness and Light, Without Rhetoric, The Shift, and the influential Team X Primer.

Fundamentals
The Physical Environment: Scientific Concepts and Methods
Energy and Earth
Atmosphere
Heat and Energy in the Atmosphere
Moisture in the Atmosphere
Precipitation and evapotranspiration
The Atmosphere inAction
Weather-Forming Systems
Micro and Local Climates
Climate Change
Geosphere
Earth's Geological Structure and Processes
The Global Ocean
Rock Formation and Deformation
Denudation, Weathering and Mass Wasting
Fluvial Systems: Catchments and Rivers
Cryosphere Systems: Glaciers, Ice and Permafrost
Aeolian Systems 17.Global Coastlines
Biosphere
Soils in their Environment
Soil Fertility and Sustainability
Principles of Biogeography
The Earth System and the Cycling of Carbon and Nutrients
Biodiversity in Ecosystems
Environments
Environmental Reconstruction: Principles and Practice
Polar and Alpine: Environments
Mediterranean Environments
Tropical Deserts and Semi-AridEnvironments
Humid Tropical Environments
Current and Future Environmental Change
Glossary
Bibliography
Index