Abstract

Natural Landscapes of Britain from the Air British features. Chapter 5 (Fluvial landforms- R. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990). Walsh) is the first to refer directly to human impact Edited by NICHOLAS STEPHENS. 225 x 282 mm. 288 on landform development. Emergent and pp. 226 illustrations. ISBN 0 521 32390 8. Price submergent coastal landforms are examined in .£19.50. Chapter 6 (N. Stephens) and constructional and erosional features are all treated with some reference To examine landscapes in detail from on high is not to human activity. The final chapter (Changing the lot of most people fascinated by the bewildering landscapes- P. Sims) complements the previous variety of landforms that Britain has to offer, but ones by examining five aspects of applied this attractive book will go a long way to increasing geomorphology and using striking photographs to their enjoyment and understanding of British emphasise that human actions can and do change scenery. 153 monochrome photographs are the environmental controls on landform evolution. presented, most of them oblique aerial photographs Finding anything to criticise adversely is difficult. selected from the Air Photograph Library collection Inevitably some landscapes are better represented at Cambridge. They are complemented by a than others,