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Urban geomorphology : landforms and processes in cities /
Addresses the human impacts on landscapes through occupation (urbanization) and development as a contribution to anthropogenic geomorphology or 'anthropogeomorphology'. This includes a focus on land clearance, conservation issues, pollution, decay and erosion, urban climate, and anthropoge...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- SECTION I. Paleogeomorphology and archaeogeomorphology
- 2. Interactions between geomorphology and urban evolution since Neolithic times in a Mediterranean city / Joana M. Petrus, Maurici Ruiz, Joan Estrany
- 3. Geotourism development in an urban area based on the local geological heritage (Pruszkow, Central Mazovia, Poland) / Maria Gorska-Zabielska, Ryszard Zabielski
- 4. Anthrogeomorphological metamorphosis of an urban area in the postglacial landscape : a case study of Poznari City / Zbigniew Zwolinski, Iwona Hilderbrandt-Radke, Malgorzata Mazurek, Miroslaw Makohonienko
- SECTION II. Anthropogeomorphology
- 5. Urban stream geomorphology and salmon repatriation in lower Vernon Creek, British Columbia (Canada) / Alexander Macduff, Bernard O. Bauer
- 6. Landform change due to airport building / Edyta Pijet-Migon, Piotr Migon
- SECTION III. Landscape influences on urban growth
- 7. Environmental contamination by technogenic deposits in the urban area of Araguaina, Brazil / Carlos A. Machado, Silvio C. Rodrigues
- 8. Transforming the physical geography of a city : an example of Johannesburg, South Africa / Jasper Knight
- 9. When urban design meets fluvial geomorphology : a case study in Chile / Paulina Espinosa, Jesus Horacio, Alfredo Ollero, Bruno de Meulder, Edilia Jaque, Maria Dolores Munoz
- SECTION IV. Developing geomorphological hazards during the Anthropocene
- 10. Urban geomorphology of an arid city : case study of Phoenix, Arizona / Ara Jeong, Suet Yi Cheung, Ian J. Walker, Ronald I. Dorn
- 11. Bivouacs of the Anthropocene : urbanization, landforms, and hazards in mountainous regions / Kevin Gamache, John R. Giardino, Panshu Zhao, Rebecca Harper Owens
- 12. Pokhara (central Nepal) : a dramatic yet geomophologically active environment versus a dynamic, rabidly developing city / Monique Fort, Basanta R. Adhikari, Bhawat Rimal
- SECTION V. Urban stone decay : cultural stone and its sustainability in the built environment
- 13. Urban stone decay and sustainable build environment in the Niger River Basin / Olumide Onafeso, Adeyemi Olusola
- 14. A geologic assessment of historic Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church using the cultural stone stability index, Denver, Colorado / Casey D. Allen, Stacy Ester, Kaelin M. Groom, Roderick Schubert, Carolyn Hagele, Dana Olof, Melissa James
- 15. Photographic technique used in a photometric approach to assess the weathering of pavement slabs in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) / Mary J. Thornbush
- .16. Conclusion / Mary J. Thornbush, Casey D. Allen.