Physical Geography: Science and Systems of the Human Environment - Hardcover

Strahler, Alan H.; Strahler, Arthur N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471112992 ISBN 13: 9780471112990

Publisher: Wiley, 1996

Synopsis

This truly integrated, system-based approach to physical geography is designed for a one or two-semester course in Physical Geography or Earth Systems Science, taught at the First year undergraduate level. Comprehensive in its coverage, this text's inclusion of quantitative concepts should appeal to lecturers and students seeking to incorporate systems-driven approach to teaching this course.

Environmental issues of global change are stressed in each chapter, highlighted by a colour bar at the side of the column. Simple quantitative concepts are included in "Working It Out" boxes for those who desire a more quantitative focus. These sections require highschool algebra, and they focus on applications rather than computation. End-of-chapter problems and end-of-book problems are also included.

Supplements: Teacher's Manual/Test Bank, Slides, Transparencies, Test Bank

About this title

From the Publisher

This physical geography text has a truly integrated systems-based approach. It emphasizes the environmental issues of global change which is one of the hottest areas in the discipline. Plus, the book contains many examples that demonstrate the effects of global change. This book provides comprehensive coverage of physical geography, including complete coverage of paraglacial phenomenon. Quantitative approaches and techniques are included to demonstrate application. Contains a remarkable art program, in magazine style, includes numerous maps, color drawings, and photographs from the author's collections.

From the Back Cover

An Invitation from the Author:

You're invited on a learning journey devoted to physical geography—the science of life environments from local to global scale. Your learning experience will take you from the top layers of the Earth's atmosphere to the rocks underlying the ocean basins to the forests of the farthest continents. It will focus primarily on the land surface, helping you understand and explain many common natural phenomena that you experience every day—ranging from the formation of thunderstorms to the building of sand dunes on a beach. When your journey is complete, you will come away with both a new appreciation of the landscape around you and a better understanding of the global environment problems faced by the human race as its population expands into the twenty-first century.

An Invitation from the Publisher

Learning about physical geography is like piecing together a puzzle. GeoDiscoveries is designed to help you assemble these pieces, to see their connections, and to reveal the beautiful and compelling pictures that they create. This CD and website were developed together to create an engaging, active learning experience. You'll experience for yourself the geographical processes and the tools geographers use to study them. Enjoy your exploration and delight in your discoveries!

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471112992
• ISBN 13: 9780471112990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656