| Description | | - The first comprehensive and detailed volume on the physical environment of Southeast Asia
- Will become the definitive reference work on the region
- Covers all aspects of the biophysical environment and its current environmental problems and management practices
- Includes both a general framework of environmental components and specific case-studies
| The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
examines the complex mosaic of physical environments which comprise Southeast Asia, and the current environmental problems and management practices which have arisen in this part of the world. The book is in three sections. The first section introduces the basic environmental components (geology, landforms, rivers, vegetation, and others) across the
entire region. The second section discusses specific environments that are characteristic of this assemblage of continental and maritime landscapes (volcanic islands, coastal environment, granitic terrains, karst, etc.). The third and final section illustrates the ecological relationship between the environment and people (volcanic hazards, urban environment, coastal zone development, coral reefs,
and others).
The physical environment of Southeast Asia is examined at different levels, covering a world region that ranges from ancient, stable landmasses to dynamic, unstable plate boundaries, from aged, primary rainforests to brash, vibrant, resource-demanding built environments. Southeast Asia has been perceived as a laboratory for studying plate tectonics. It is an assemblage of large
river basins, peninsulas and archipelagos, and seas surrounded by islands. It is an area of great physical variations where parts of the physical environment have been significantly degraded anthropogenically, following rapid population growth and development. In large parts of the region, the forms and processes on land and offshore should no longer be seen as entirely natural. As this book
repeatedly illustrates, plate tectonics and people are both important contributors to the physical geography of Southeast Asia.
The contributors to this volume are distinguished, scholarly, and have a long association with Southeast Asia. The chapters are not only skilfully built on state-of-the-art research findings but also include new material from the on-going research activities of the
authors. The book goes beyond being the first comprehensive and detailed volume of the biophysical geography of Southeast Asia in that it also deals with the tropical environment and the relationship between environment and people in a rapidly developing world region.
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Readership: Professional geographers and environmentalists, advanced students of geography and environmental studies, and readers interested in the history of the region's development and its environmental change
| Contents |
Introduction
,
Avijit Gupta
I. The Physical Framework
1.
The Geological Framework
,
Chales S. Hutchison
2.
The Quaternary in Southeast Asia
,
Geoffrey Hope
3.
Landforms of Southeast Asia
,
Avijit Gupta
4.
Rivers of Southeast Asia
,
Avijit Gupta
5.
The Climate of Southeast Asia
,
Goh Kim Chuan
6.
Soils of Southeast Asia
,
Rudi Dudal
7.
Vegetation
,
Richard T. Corlett
II. Specific Environments
8.
Granite Terrains
,
C.R. Twidale
9.
Volcanic Islands
,
Herman Th. Verstappen
10.
Karst in Southeast Asia
,
David Gillieson
11.
The Coastal Environment of Southeast Asia
,
P.P. Wong
12.
The Mekong River Basin
,
Ian Douglas
13.
Southeast Asian Deltas
,
Colin D. Woodroffe
III. Environment and People
14.
Accelerated Erosion and Sedimentation in Southeast Asia
,
Avijit Gupta
15.
Volcanic Hazards in Southeast Asia
,
Jan J. Nossin
16.
Hazards and Risks at Gunung Merapi, Central Java: A Case Study
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Jean-Claude Thouret and Franck Lavigne
17.
Hydrology and Rural Water Supply in Southeast Asia
,
Goh Kim Chuan
18.
The Urban Environment in Southeast Asia
,
Ian Douglas
19.
Water Supply to Cities
,
Avijit Gupta nd Goh Kim Chuan
20.
Urban Geomorphology, Kuala Lumpur
,
Ian Douglas
21.
Subsidence and Flooding in Bangkok
,
Prinya Nutalaya and Noppadol Phienwej
22.
Urban Pollution in Southeast Asia
,
Shami Sani
23.
Coastal Zone Development in Southeast Asia
,
P.P. Wong
24.
Coral Reefs of Southeast Asia: Controls, Patterns, and Human Impacts
,
M.D. Spalding
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Avijit Gupta, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, University of Leeds
| Contributors:Avijit Gupta, University of Leeds
Charles S. Hutchison, University of Malaysia
Geoffrey Hope, Australian National University
Goh Kim Chuan, Nanyang Technological University
R. Dudal, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Richard T. Corlett, University of Hong Kong
C.R. Twidale, University of Adelaide
Herman Th. Verstappen
David Gillieson, James Cook University
P.P. Wong, National
University of Singapore
Ian Douglas, University of Manchester
Colin D. Woodroffe, University of Wollongong
Jan J. Nossin
Jean-Claude Thouret, Universite Blaise-Pascal
Franck Lavigne, Universite Paris 1
Prinya Nutalaya, Asian Institute of Technology
Noppadol Phienwej, Asian Institute of Technology
Sham Sani
e.D. Spalding, University of Cambridge |
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