This paper is an introduction to a collection of nine studies that are intended fill the gap in literature associated with landform development and landscape changes related natural forces human activities Central European Mountains their close forelands. The papers grouped into four general categories describe influence climate on glacial landforms snow avalanches, evolution slopes high mounta...

Landform-based physiographic maps, also called land systems inventories, have been widely and successfully used in undeveloped/rural areas in several locations, such as Australia, the western United States, Canada, and the British ex-colonies. This paper presents a case study of their application in a developed semi-urban/suburban area (Segovia, Spain) for land use planning purposes. The paper ...

This paper compares the landform vocabularies of residents from two regions in Portugal. Participants described both their own and the other, less familiar landscapes in response to video footage of the regions. The results indicate that participants used more detailed vocabularies to describe the known landscape compared to the less familiar study site, with detail triggered by individual plac...

Patterns in nature, such as meandering rivers and sand dunes, display complex behavior seemingly at odds with their simplicity of form. Existing approaches to modeling natural landform patterns, reductionism and universality, are incompatible with the nonlinear, open nature of natural systems. An alternative modeling methodology based on the tendency of natural systems to self-organize in tempo...

The external geometry, internal architecture and sedimentary evolution processes of the deep-water channel system in Zhujiang Formation Midwest Baiyun Sag have been revealed detail according to integrated analysis 3D seismic data a large number drilling logging sets. In addition, controlling effect sediment supply, sea level change, shelf break zone palaeogeomorphology on was discussed. Finally...

Small mammals particularly rodents, are considered the primary natural hosts of plague. Literature suggests that plague persistence in natural foci has a root cause in soils. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between on the one hand landforms and associated soil properties, and on the other hand small mammals and fleas in West Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, a plag...

Abstract The history of changes in the Earth’s surface can be investigated by numerical modelling landform evolution. However, such models rely on evidence which is often removed through erosion or other processes. Here, we use archaeological observations from remains Wucheng City Shanxi, China, was built a loess area during Neolithic period, to reconstruct paleo-surface and inform evolution mo...