332 Pages
by
CRC Press
332 Pages
by
CRC Press
332 Pages
by
CRC Press
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A comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia’s environment, this volume is a unique and authoritative text on the geological and environmental aspects of Saudi Arabia, a country about which little is known by the outside world. Saudi Arabia is a fascinating country with a long tradition of environmental awareness and sensitivity, pitted against some of the harshest environments on earth.... Read more
1. An Environment Discovered 2. The Kingdom 3. Geological Framework 4. Climate and Environmental Change 5. Hydrogeology and Hydrology 6. Geomorphology 7. Biogeography 8. Soils and Soil Erosion 9. Environmental Impacts and Hazards 10. Environmental Protection, Regulation and Policy
Biography
Dr Peter Vincent has spent the last thirty years teaching Physical Geography at Lancaster University, UK. Since 1983 he has visited Saudi Arabia more or less on an annual basis and, in close collaboration with the Saudi Geological Survey, has visited all parts of the Kingdom. He has a particular interest in arid zone geomorphology.
