Nature and extent of human geomorphological impact - A Review

Anthropogenic Geomorphology: A Guide to Man-Made Landforms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 273-291

  Rózsa, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anthropo geomorphological processes (AGP); Geomorphological activities; Index of potential anthropogenic geomorphology (I); Population growth; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878671985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3058-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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