A statement from the world's leading geomorphologists on the state of, and potential changes to, the environment.

Adopts global environmental change and its repercussions for society, as the coherent integrating theme to reinvigorate the physical geography of the twenty-fir

The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many

Although similar geomorphic processes take place in other regions, in the tropics these processes operate at different rates and with varying intensities. Tropi

This is the first textbook to consider all aspects of the cryosphere system in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.