Hardcover: 720 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 9 edition March 8, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0132239019
ISBN-13: 978-0132239011
Product Dimensions:
10.9 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
Product Description
Carrying forthTom L. McKnight's well-known thematic focus on landscape appreciation, this best-seller fosters a solid understanding of Earth and its physical geography. Its clear, user-friendly writing style, superior art program, and abundant pedagogy appeal to a wide variety of readers. Updates and expands coverage of global environmental change, including a new section on measuring and understanding climate change. Expands section on human alteration of the atmosphere, including ozone depletion and air pollution. Expands sections on tsunamis and human modification of shorelines. A useful reference for anyone interested in physical geography.