In this text the authors aim to bring togetherconceptual issues and case studies of how geomorphology influences society and,indeed, how society is in turn influenced by geomorphology.
Thisbook deals with the relationship between geomorphology and society. This topic hashad rather scant treatment in the literature except to some extent under thelabel “applied geomorphology”. In this text the authors aim to bring togetherconceptual issues and case studies of how geomorphology influences society and,indeed, how society is in turn influenced by geomorphology. In an age in whichthe influence of human activities on global environments has become soparamount that it is increasingly common to refer to it geologically as the “anthropocene”,the book aims to reflect on the geomorphological significance of widespread anddiverse forms of human impact in a range of environmental settings.
Geomorphology and Society: an Introduction.- Geomorphology in the
Anthropocene: Perspectives from the Past, Pointers for the Future.- Society
and Geomorphology: Addressing the (Mis-)Use of Aggregate Resources.-
Geomorphological Responses in a Dynamic Environment: How Landforms Interact
with Human Activities in Taiwan.- The Impact of Typhoon Morakot in 2009 on
Landslides, Debris Flows and Population in the Chishan River Catchment,
Taiwan.- Delineation of Historical Fluvial Territories and the Implications
for Flood Mitigation, with Reference to Four Selected Reaches in Taiwan.- The
Political Ecology of Land Subsidence: a Case Study of the Solar
Energy-Farming Scheme, Pingtung County, Taiwan.- Towards Long-lasting
Disaster Mitigation following a Mega-landslide: High-definition Topographic
Measurements of Sediment Production by Debris Flows in a Steep Headwater
Channel.- Landslide Typology using a Morphological Approach and Establishment
of an Inventory Map based on Aerial Photo Interpretation in Central Vietnam.-
Vulnerability and Exposure to Geomorphic Hazards: Some Insights from the
Europoean Alps.- Reclamation and Land Consolidation Effects on Organic Matter
Sedimentation in Lake Giba-gata, Japan.- Impact of Short-term Flooding on
Livelihoods in the Central Kenya Rife Valley Lakes.- Rainfall Erosivity and
Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Tropical Island Environments: a Case Study of
Mauritius.- Evolution of a coastal beach/barrier/marsh system in response to
sea level rise, storm events and human impacts: a case study of Trunvel
Marsh, Western Brittany.- Integrating estuarine, coastal and inner shelf
sediment systems in a common conceptual framework as a basis for
participatory shoreline management.
Professor Mike Meadows is Head of the Department of Environmental & Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town and Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Geographical Union
Professor J-C Lin is the Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on Geomorphology and Society
