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<div class="c-section-headers-number-list_container">  <h4 class="h5">Preface to the fourth edition</h4>  <h4 class="h5">List of contributors</h4>  <h4 class="h5">Editor's acknowledgements</h4>  <h3>Part I: The role of physical geography</h3>  <ul>  <li>Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography</li>  </ul>  <h3>Part II: Continent and oceans</h3>  <ul>  <li>Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics</li>  <li>Chapter 3. Oceans</li>  </ul>  <h3>Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather</h3>  <ul>  <li>Chapter 4. The Pleistocene</li>  <li>Chapter 5. The Holocene</li>  <li>Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes</li>  <li>Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change</li>  <li>Chapter 8. Global climate and weather</li>  <li>Chapter 9. Regional and local climates</li>  </ul>  <h3>Part IV: Biogeography and ecology</h3>  <ul>  <li>Chapter 10. The biosphere</li>  <li>Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes</li>  <li>Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems</li>  <li>Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change</li>  </ul>  <h3>Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology</h3>  <ul>  <li>Chapter 14. Weathering</li>  <li>Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution</li>  <li>Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation</li>  <li>Chapter 17. Soils</li> <li>Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology</li>  <li>Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management</li>  <li>Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality</li>  <li>Chapter 21. Drylands</li>  <li>Chapter 22. Coasts</li>  <li>Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets</li>  <li>Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation</li>  </ul>  <h3>Part VI: Monitoring and management</h3>  <ul>  <li>Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change</li>  <li>Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change</li>  </ul>  </div>

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<h4>A comprehensive introduction to the natural processes of our world.</h4>  <p><strong>Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment, 4<sup>th</sup> edition</strong>, by Joseph Holden, introduces you to the major topics of physical geography. This highly respected and comprehensive text focusses on the links between processes, places, and environments with illustrations that demonstrate the workings of the physical environment.</p>  <p>This 4<sup>th</sup> edition has been updated with the latest research, providing an unrivalled source of rich information from around the world.</p>  <p>Supported by a host of digital resources to aid your learning, this text is excellent for undergraduate and postgraduate study.</p>  <p>This edition includes a <a href="https://media.pearsoncmg.com/intl/wps-wraps/ema_uk_he_holden_physgeo_4/cw/" target="_blank"><strong>Companion Website</strong></a>.</p>

<p>This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes, places and environments and is comprehensively illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works.</p><p>Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated throughout to contain the latest research. Between them, the contributors have researched in detail every environment on the planet, providing an unrivalled source of rich information from around the world for both undergraduate and postgraduate study in the field of physical geography. </p>

<ul>
    <li>Preface to the fourth edition </li>
    <li>List of contributors </li>
    <li>Editor&rsquo;s acknowledgements </li>
    <li><strong>Part I: The role of physical geography</strong> </li>
    <li>Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography </li>
    <li><strong>Part II: Continent and oceans</strong> </li>
    <li>Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics </li>
    <li>Chapter 3. Oceans </li>
    <li><strong>Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather</strong> </li>
    <li>Chapter 4. The Pleistocene </li>
    <li>Chapter 5. The Holocene </li>
    <li>Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes </li>
    <li>Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change </li>
    <li>Chapter 8. Global climate and weather </li>
    <li>Chapter 9. Regional and local climates </li>
    <li><strong>Part IV: Biogeography and ecology</strong> </li>
    <li>Chapter 10. The biosphere </li>
    <li>Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes </li>
    <li>Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems </li>
    <li>Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change </li>
    <li><strong>Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology</strong> </li>
    <li>Chapter 14. Weathering </li>
    <li>Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution </li>
    <li>Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation </li>
    <li>Chapter 17. Soils </li>
    <li>Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology </li>
    <li>Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management </li>
    <li>Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality </li>
    <li>Chapter 21. Drylands </li>
    <li>Chapter 22. Coasts </li>
    <li>Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets </li>
    <li>Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation </li>
    <li><strong>Part VI: Monitoring and management</strong> </li>
    <li>Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change </li>
    <li>Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change </li>
</ul>

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