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Living Physical Geography Digital Update

Second Edition

Publication Date: February 15, 2024

Paperback ISBN: 9781319545291

Pages: 720

Focused on interactions between people and physical geography.

The second edition digital update of Bruce Gervais’ Living Physical Geography offers a fresh approach to the study of physical geography, combining print and digital media to create a scientifically substantive work that is written for students. Living Physical Geography focuses on...

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The Geographer’s Toolkit
1. This introduction covers the traditional and modern tools and foundational concepts in wide use in geography.

Part I Atmospheric Systems: Weather and Climate
Part I explores how solar energy in the atmosphere creates atmospheric phenomena and organized systems. One chapter is devoted to the topic of climate change.

2. Portrait of the Atmosphere
3. Solar Energy and Seasons
4. Water in the Atmosphere
5. Atmospheric Circulation and Wind Systems
6. The Restless Sky: Severe Weather and Storm Systems
7. The Changing Climate

Part II The Biosphere and the Geography of Life
Part II is contextualized around solar energy’s work in the biosphere. Major ecological units and human modification of the biosphere are emphasized. One chapter is devoted to marine ecosystems.

8. Patterns of Life: Biogeography
9. Climate and Life: Biomes
10. Ocean Ecosystems
11. Soil and Water Resources

Part III Tectonic Systems: Building the Lithosphere
Part III explores uplift and building topographic relief via geothermal energy.

12. Earth History, Earth Interior
13. Drifting Continents: Plate Tectonics
14. Building the Crust with Rocks
15. Geohazards: Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Part IV Erosion and Deposition: Sculpting the Earth’s Surface
Part IV examines the work of solar energy, water, chemical reactions, and gravity in grading the Earth’s surface.

16. Weathering and Mass Movement
17. Flowing Water: Fluvial Systems
18. The Work of Ice: The Cryosphere and Glacial Landforms
19. Water, Wind, and Time: Desert Landforms
20. The Work of Waves: Coastal Landforms

Explore the Human-Physical Interface: Living Physical Geography highlights the role of people as they change and are changed by Earth’s physical systems. Students learn how human activity influences Earth’s physical systems, ranging from local stream erosion to global climate change. Students also learn how scientists investigate geographical phenomena (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, severe weather, and flooding) to mitigate their cost and reduce human vulnerability to these events.
The Human Sphere begins each chapter by exploring a geographical issue or human-physical interaction relevant to the chapter.
Geographic Perspectives sections conclude each chapter by exploring contemporary issues in physical geography in depth. This feature encourages students to make connections among topics within and across chapters and facilitates discussion of the most important and pressing issues in physical geography today.
Emphasizes the Process of Science, the Scientific Method, and the Importance of Critical Thinking
Scientific Inquiry figures illustrate how scientists do what they do, how they know what they know, and how they collect and interpret scientific data in the field. Topics range from how a stream gauge works to how scientists study ancient climates.
Picture This features combine photos and brief narratives to highlight fascinating examples of the topic at hand in each chapter. Each includes Consider This critical-thinking questions that students answer by interpreting the narrative and analyzing the photos.

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Current Real World Data and Examples: While the topical sequencing and the ordering of the chapters remain largely the same, the author has updated every chapter with the latest information available about recent discoveries and significant events. There are dozens of new photographs, figures, and maps.
NEW Chapter Reviews: At the end of each chapter, there is a concise review of key points, a list of key terms, a 10-question quiz, as well as approximately 15 assessment questions. These questions in the text mirror questions found in the Achieve platform.
NEW Active Lecture Slides with Integrated Activities: Lecture slide decks include short activities throughout the deck that are ideal short and engaging classroom activities.
REVISED ArcGIS Web Maps: Web Maps have been revised and updated to align with text changes, improve learning outcomes and student engagement, and address current topics.
REVISED ArcGIS Story Maps: This updated second edition includes both new and revised Story Maps and questions that complement the updated text, and delve into engaging and current topics.

Bruce Gervais

Bruce Gervais is a professor of geography at California State University, Sacramento. He has been teaching physical geography for over 25 years. He holds a doctorate in geography from the University of California at Los Angeles. Bruce’s research focus is in paleoclimatology. For his doctoral research at UCLA, he studied ancient climates by using tree rings and fossil pollen preserved in lake sediments on the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. He has published 12 peer-reviewed research papers detailing his work in Russia and California. Bruce enjoys spending his free time backpacking, learning Spanish, and with his family. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at gervais@csus.edu.

Achieve for Living Physical Geography is an online learning system backed by extensive development and research. Proven to increase student engagement and boost performance. Achieve offers:

Access to the ebook to download, read and virtually annotate for a completely flexible experience.
Course and book-specific resources including adaptive quizzing to personalise the experience for students.
A grade book, assignable assessments with targeted feedback, insights and reporting, instructor resources - all with seamless integration options.
Integrated with iClicker so that instructors and students can benefit in class and remotely from an industry leading student response system.
NEW Active Lecture Slides with Integrated Activities: Lecture slide decks include short activities throughout the deck that are ideal short and engaging classroom activities. The activity slides include answers and suggestions for use with iClicker, and are color-coded to make finding the next activity a snap.