Description

About the Book

There are many books on Physical Geography in the English language, but most of them are intended for the use of junior classes in schools and are accordingly of a very elementary character. The present edition has been written with the object of providing for the needs of graduates and postgraduates students. In this edition author tries to show how physical geography impacts humans, and how humans impact physical geography. Thisedition emphasizes five essential themes to demonstrate the major roles for the discipline— Geography as a Geophysical Science, Geography as the Climatic Science, Geography as the Ocean Science, Geography as the Bio-geographical Science and Geography as Environmental Science. With a renewed focus on examining relationships and processes among earth systems, this edition will help you understand how the various systems interrelate and how humans are an integral aspect of geography. This edition may serve as a comprehensive source of knowledge  for graduates and postgraduates  students of geography, at the same time it is also useful for teachers and researches of physical geography.

About the Author

Dr. SantanuDev is assistant professor of physical geography at Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar. He has worked on the Geomorphology and Quaternary history of the North-eastern region for over two decades. He is especially interested in fluvial, glacial and karst sediment systems. A good deal of this research takes place in collaboration with archaeologists and he is also interested in human-environment interactions across a range of timescales. Dr. Dev has published 10 research papers in the journal of national repute.