Hong Kong landscapes : shaping the barren rock /
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Author / Creator: | Owen, Bernie. |
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Imprint: | Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2007. |
Description: | x, 253 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7126837 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Information Notes
- Using this Book
- Part 1. Introduction
- Modern and Ancient Environments
- Preamble
- The Lay of the Land
- Reconstructing the Past
- An Environmental History
- Part 2. Landscape Types and Origins
- Rugged Mountain Landscapes: A Story of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
- Rounded Hilly Landscapes: The Roots of Volcanoes
- Ridges and Colourful Landscapes: Ancient Seas, Rivers, Lakes, and Deserts
- Lowlands and Valleys: Fractured Rocks and Rivers
- Coastal Landscapes: Cliffs, Beaches, and Mud Flats
- The Western Region
- The Central Region
- The Eastern Region
- Part 3. Hong Kong Regions
- The Northwestern New Territories
- What Lies Beneath
- Rivers and Floodplains
- Human Impacts
- The Northeastern New Territories
- Landscape Foundations
- Streams and Waterfalls
- Marine Inlets and Islands
- Human Impacts
- The Western New Territories
- Magma Chambers and Eruptions
- High Ground, Low Ground
- Gullies and Badlands
- Mountain Streams
- Human Impacts
- The Central New Territories
- An Era of Violent Eruptions
- Human Impacts
- The Southeastern New Territories
- Geological Background
- Sea Level Change and Islands
- Human Impacts
- The Eastern New Territories
- Rocks and Scenery
- Coastal Environments
- Human Impacts
- Lantau Island
- Ancient Sediments, a Caldera, and Multiple Intrusions
- Mass Movements and Landslides
- Coastal Landscapes
- Human Impacts
- Expanding Infrastructure
- Kowloon and the Lion Rock Ridge
- Geology and Weathering
- Human Impacts
- Hong Kong Island and Lamma
- Landscape Foundations
- Human Impacts
- Seas and Islands
- Marine Environments
- Human Impacts
- The Islands of Hong Kong
- Epilogue: Landscapes, Past, Present, and Future
- Global Warming
- Urbanisation and Landscape
- Information Sources and Further Reading
- Part I. Publications Referred to Extensively
- Part II. Publications Referred to Less Extensively
- Part III. Further Reading
- Index