The future of geomorphology

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 329-349

  Slaymaker, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 59849094508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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