This book is an introduction to Systems Geography, which has been rapidly developing in recent years. It comprehensively discusses phenomena and processes in the environment, allowing the reader to understand the fundamental principles and cause-and-effect relationships in geosystems within the science of geography.The publication contains information that has only become available as a result of the growth of knowledge in recent years. Such information, also obtained from related sciences and research results on a wide range of studies from different countries, will certainly be useful not only for beginners, but also for experienced researchers.This book is essential for postgraduate students and scholars in the following disciplines: geography, geophysics, landscape ecology and ecosystem engineering. It is also a fascinating read for anyone interested in theoretical issues in geography.
Bobushev Temirbek Seitkazievich received a higher geographical education at the Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, and the Moscow State, Russia, Universities. After defending his PhD thesis in 1980, he began duties as a teacher at the Kyrgyz State University. He initiated the creation of and headed the Department of Geomorphology and Cartography of mountainous countries in Central Asia. At the invitation of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), he worked as an Associate Professor, assistant Vice President, Vice Provost and Professor at the AUCA. In 2014-2018 he has combined his research at the Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences with work as a Professor at the Kyrgyz Economic University. In 2005 he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in the field of economic, social and political geography.Dr Bobushev Temirbek Seitkazievich initiated and conducted research in the following USA Universities: University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1998); Indiana University, Bloomington, Fulbright Scholar (2002-2003); Michigan State University, Institute of Water Problems, Lansing (2011-2012).
