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Geomorphology and Society

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Editors:
  1. Michael E. Meadows

    1. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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  2. Jiun-Chuan Lin

    1. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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  • Provides state-of-the-art treatment of the relationship between geomorphology and society
  • Contains contributions by leading international scholars with a strong interdisciplinary focus
  • Shares key developments in understanding the geomorphology of the anthropocene

Part of the book series: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences (AGES)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Geomorphology and Society: An Introduction

    • Michael E. Meadows, Jiun-Chuan Lin
    Pages 1-6

  3. Geomorphology in the Anthropocene: Perspectives from the Past, Pointers for the Future?

    • Michael E. Meadows
    Pages 7-22

  4. Society and Geomorphology: Addressing the (Mis-)Use of Aggregate Resources

    • Dietrich Soyez
    Pages 23-42

  5. Geomorphological Responses in a Dynamic Environment: How Landforms Interact with Human Activities in Taiwan

    • Jiun-Chuan Lin
    Pages 43-58

  6. The Impact of Typhoon Morakot in 2009 on Landslides, Debris Flows and Population in the Chishan River Catchment, Taiwan

    • Chia Hung Jen, Hung Fei Lei, Shyh Jeng Chyi, Min Yu Hsueh
    Pages 59-81

  7. Delineation of Historical Fluvial Territories and the Implications for Flood Mitigation, with Reference to Four Selected Reaches in Taiwan

    • Su-Min Shen
    Pages 83-102

  8. The Political Ecology of Land Subsidence: A Case Study of the Solar Energy-Farming Scheme, Pingtung County, Taiwan

    • Shew-Jiuan Su
    Pages 103-124

  9. Towards Long-Lasting Disaster Mitigation Following a Mega-landslide: High-Definition Topographic Measurements of Sediment Production by Debris Flows in a Steep Headwater Channel

    • Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Fumitoshi Imaizumi, Norifumi Hotta, Haruka Tsunetaka
    Pages 125-147

  10. Landslide Typology Using a Morphological Approach and Establishment of an Inventory Map Based on Aerial Photo Interpretation in Central Vietnam

    • Hong Luong Le, Toyohiko Miyagi, Abe Shinro, Eisaku Hamasaki
    Pages 149-163

  11. Vulnerability and Exposure to Geomorphic Hazards: Some Insights from the European Alps

    • Margreth Keiler, Sven Fuchs
    Pages 165-180

  12. Reclamation and Land Consolidation Effects on Organic Matter Sedimentation in Lake Kiba-Gata, Japan

    • Seiya Nagao, Hong Tuoi Bui, Yuriko Kawano, Tomoyo Suzuki, Shinya Ochiai, Koyo Yonebayashi et al.
    Pages 181-192

  13. Impact of Short-Term Flooding on Livelihoods in the Kenya Rift Valley Lakes

    • Joy A. Obando, Simon Onywere, Chris Shisanya, Anthony Ndubi, Dan Masiga, Zephania Irura et al.
    Pages 193-215

  14. Rainfall Erosivity and Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Tropical Island Environments: A Case Study of Mauritius

    • Paul Sumner, Werner Nel, Soonil Rughooputh, Ravindra Boojhawon, Kumar Dhurmea, Jay Le Roux et al.
    Pages 217-230

  15. Evolution of a Coastal Beach/Barrier/Marsh System in Response to Sea Level Rise, Storm Events and Human Impacts: A Case Study of Trunvel Marsh, Western Brittany

    • Hervé Regnauld, Riwalenn Ruault, Jean Noël Proust, Jean-Jacques Tiercelin, François Pustoc’h
    Pages 231-243

  16. Integrating Estuarine, Coastal and Inner Shelf Sediment Systems in a Common Conceptual Framework as a Basis for Participatory Shoreline Management

    • Jonathan R. French, Helene Burningham, Gillian D. Thornhill, Robert J. Nicholls
    Pages 245-277
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About this book

This book deals with the relationship between geomorphology and society. This topic has had rather scant treatment in the literature except to some extent under the label “applied geomorphology”. In this text the authors aim to bring together conceptual issues and case studies of how geomorphology influences society and, indeed, how society is in turn influenced by geomorphology. In an age in which the influence of human activities on global environments has become so paramount that it is increasingly common to refer to it geologically as the “anthropocene”, the book aims to reflect on the geomorphological significance of widespread and diverse forms of human impact in a range of environmental settings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Michael E. Meadows

  • National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jiun-Chuan Lin

About the editors

Professor Mike Meadows is Head of the Department of Environmental & Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town and Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Geographical Union

Professor J-C Lin is the Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on Geomorphology and Society

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