eBook, PDF

Landscapes and Landforms of the Maltese Islands (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Covers all the most important landscapes of Maltese geomorphology

Provides easily accessible and up-to-date information on Maltese geomorphology, which can't be found in any other book, making it a useful tool for students, researchers and non-experts alike

Will appeal to a general audience, thanks to its clear and straightforward language style and wealth of illustrations (e.g. color maps, aerial photos, photos)

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• Größe: 43.57MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Ritienne Gauci is a Lecturer in Physical Geography at the Department of Geography of the University of Malta. Her research interests are mainly in coastal geomorphic processes and resultant landforms, rocky coasts, geoheritage and melitensia cartography. She holds a B.A. (Hons) and M.A. in Geography from the University of Malta and a Ph.D. from the Department of Geography of the University of Portsmouth, UK. Ritienne is currently the national scientific representative for the International Association of Geomorphology (IAG), member of the British Society of Geomorphology (BSG) and the Royal Geographic Society (RGS-IBG). She is also on the committee board of the Malta Map Society and acts as consultant editor for the Malta Map Society Journal. She has authored and co-authored a number of papers, also in collaboration with European universities such as the University of Portsmouth, University of Liverpool Hope, University of Trieste and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. John A Schembri is a Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Malta. He read Contemporary Mediterranean Studies and History as an undergraduate at the University of Malta. This was followed by post-graduate studies at Durham University from where he obtained a M.A. in the Geography of the Middle East and the Mediterranean and later a Ph.D. through the Department of Geography at Durham. In 2016 he was conferred D. Educ. (Honoris Causa) by Liverpool Hope University, UK, for his contribution to Geography. John lectures in Geography at the University of Malta and his publications range from coastal land use, historical geography to cartography. John is a Chartered Geographer and a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society (with IGB). He contributes regularly to lectures at the International Ocean Institute.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 385
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030154561
• Artikelnr.: 57626423