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Humid Tropical Environments (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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Humid Tropical Environments (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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The humid tropics contain some of the world's richest, most
diverse, most important and most threatened environments. This book
draws on recent work by geographers, biologists, ecologists,
geologists and climatologists to present a complete and integrated
appraisal of the natural environment of all the humid tropical
regions of the world.The book opens with a discussion of the
problems of defining the humid tropics and of the need to link
research on environmental processes in order to achieve an holistic
understanding of environmental change. The authors then move to an
examination of atmospheric circulation systems and associated
climatic characteristics. Considerations of climate further inform
detailed analyses of soil types and distribution, vegetation,
landscape, and hydrological processes. The authors stress the
interdependence of form and process and look closely and in detail
at past and present human impacts. The issues surrounding the
intensive exploitation of large zones of the humid tropics are
discussed in detail, at local, regional and global scales.Numerous
case studies of contrasting environments support the argument
throughout the book. The text is illustrated extensively with
diagrams, maps and photographs. It is fully referenced and contains
an annotated list of further reading by subject.
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