South African geomorphology : critical choices for the future
Bibliographic analysis ; Climatic geomorphology ; Congress ; Earth surface processes ; Geomorphology ; Research ; Soil erosion ; South Africa ; Twentieth Century
The trends in southern African geomorphology, based on a review of some 1500 journal articles and 11 conference proceedings from both the local Geomorphology Association and Geography Society are reviewed. They are contrasted with developments
within the discipline as a whole represented by more than 3000 abstracts in the proceedings of international congresses on geomorphology between 1985 and 2000 . - (AJC)
Geomorphology in the public eye : policy issues, education, and the public. Special issue
Data bank ; Geomorphology ; Internet ; Software ; Teaching of geography ; Technology
Specifically, this paper focuses on ways to employ computer technology to present geomorphologic information and progress through a hierarchy of knowledge from first-order facts to higher-order ideas, to a level of understanding of dynamic, Earth
-system science. The AA. provide examples from their classes and address issues associated with plagiarism and intellectual property rights. Teaching and research in geomorphology are undergoing a beneficial, but sometimes problematic, transition
with the new technology. Geomorphology can only prosper from the benefits offered by computer technologies.
The educational value of the history of geomorphology
Geomorphology in the public eye : policy issues, education, and the public. Special issue
Concept ; Epistemology ; Geomorphology ; History of geography ; History of ideas ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
This essay concerns the history of geomorphology and its value as a pedagogical device. A thematic set of the historic literature can be used to demonstrate to students the scientific method, the origin, testing, and evolution of hypotheses, how
explanations develop in this field, and that science proceeds through individual working in a sociological context. Including history of geomorphology in the curriculum helps to place contemporary research in the perspective of the past as well
This paper focuses on the role of geomorphology in the prevention of natural disasters in developing countries, where their impact has devastating consequences. Concepts such as natural hazards, natural disasters and vulnerability have a broad range
for learning about geomorphology : cross sections of landforms, effects of geomorphologic process, roadcuts as landforms, miniature landforms, small-scale landform analogs.
Geomorphological features of the Bratica valley (Northern Apennines, Italy)
Appennino ; Geomorphogenesis ; Geomorphology ; Glacial features ; Italy ; Periglacial features ; Slope dynamics ; Valley
The geormophological survey of the valley of the River Bratica, the main affluent of the River Parma, has been carried out with the aim of improving the knowledge of the geomorphological development of the eastern part of the high Apennines of Parma
Analysis of geomorphology citations in the last quarter of the 20th century
Bibliographic analysis ; Bibliography ; Fluvial processes ; Geomorphology ; Research ; Riparian vegetation ; Twentieth Century
, and Arts and Humanities. At the close of the 20th century, well-cited geomorphology is highly multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The very strong English-language bias of well-cited journal articles creates a geographical bias in study site selection
Shifting paradigms in geomorphology : the fate of research ideas in an educational context
Geomorphology in the public eye : policy issues, education, and the public. Special issue
Concept ; Drainage network ; Earth surface processes ; Eighteenth Century ; Erosion cycle ; Geomorphology ; Glacial features ; History of ideas ; Mass movement ; Nineteenth Century ; Runoff ; Teaching of geography ; Tectonics ; Twentieth Century
The acceptance of new ideas into the mainstream of geomorphological education is illustrated from the development of theories dealing with Earth history, glaciation, uniform flow, mass movement, continental mobility, cyclic erosion, and drainage
Gis-based method for Geomorphological Impact Assessment on a railway track in Province of Modena (Italy)
Applied geomorphology ; Emilia Romagna ; Geographical information system ; Impact study ; Italy ; Multi-criteria analysis ; Risk
The paper illustrates a method for the assessment of geomorphological impacts and risks related to the construction of an high speed railway track. The method has been applied in the study area of Castelfranco Emilia Municipality (Province of Modena
Fluvial geomorphology of Indian rivers : an overview
on the morphology and behaviour of alluvial and bedrock rivers, and the sediment load dynamics is given. Then, the studies on the flood geomorphology of Indian rivers and the spatio-temporal aspects of floods are described. The role of large floods in determining
Emerging applications of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) in geomorphology and hydrology
technologies. It then reviews 7 emerging InSAR applications in geomorphology and hydrology : slope motion; land subsidence; sediment erosion/deposition; soil moisture; river inundation; snow cover; river ice, including an original demonstration of the ability