Physical Geography: Science and Systems of the Human Environment

by Arthur N. Strahler

Offering a fully integrated, systems-based approach to physicalgeography, the new Third Edition of Alan and Arthur Strahler'shighly successful text incorporates relevant and recentdevelopments in the field. The text's accurate and comprehensivecoverage provides both the breadth and depth necessary toappreciate how humans are changing, and are changed by, the Earth.This edition has a new emphasis on global change, remote sensing, and tools in geography as "Interchapter Features" located afterselected chapters.
* Accuracy: This text has been praised for its accuracy inconveying key physical geography concepts to the undergraduatestudents helping them to understand key concepts, which are crucialto further study in the discipline
* Currency: This title includes the most up-to-date informationavailable. With the growth of remote sensing, GIS, and othergeographic techniques, currency in textbooks has becomeincreasingly important
* Outstanding art programme: The title includes a photographic andillustration programme that is second to none. These visuals areextremely important for helping students comprehend the keyscientific concepts in physical geography
* Critical thinking: The text provides the tools that students needto think critically and scientifically

Genres: Science, Reference, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Academic, Geography

816 pages, Hardcover

First published June 28, 1994

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my text book for my Physical Geography class in 2007.