K J Gregory
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3753167 |
|---|---|
| NOME | K J Gregory |
| PRENOMES | K J |
| SOBRENOME | Gregory |
| ASSINATURA | GREGORY K J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Southampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4017-4932 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 41 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 84 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1965 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Big ideas in the geography curriculum
Big ideas, sometimes referred to as key, core, fundamental or threshold concepts, are widely applicable concepts at the heart of disciplines that are or have been central and influential for their fields. Attention here is particularly directed to meta-concepts common to sister disciplines in the sciences. “Learning thresholds”, “powerful knowledge” and their meanings are singled out for discussion having become widely relevant to geography. Othe…
Man and Environmental Processes
UK programmes for HE physical geography
Competing influences and pressures on areas of HE and the content of new AL syllabi suggest a need for curriculum reconsideration. We analyse, from institutional website data, the present provision of physical geography in 77 UK institutions providing undergraduate learning in geography. The extent of compulsory modules gives an indication of programme structure: compulsory modules average 65%, no first-year choice is offered in 58% of programmes…
Evolving curricula and syllabi – challenges for physical geography
Recent technological changes in communications, in research and in learning and teaching styles should prompt developments in approaches to physical geography curricula. This paper questions whether there has been sufficient open discussion of such curricula and those that have been set nationally. Developments in England and Wales over more than fifty years provide the context for the present situation, which is considered according to types of …
Evaluation of the imprint of urban channel adjustment and management
Decades of research have clarified the nature of urban channel adjustments and guided watershed management, so that now it is possible to conduct geomorphological evaluations of urban channel systems, including their management. Such evaluation may address functionality, appearance and resilience. Fountain Hills, Arizona, urbanised since 1970, offers an ideal case for evaluation. The 46 washes on which the urban area has been superimposed are in …
Putting physical environments in their place
The content of two books by Kenneth Gregory on the nature of physical geography, published in 1985 and 2000 provides a basis from which to consider changing priorities and, in the light of recent developments, to speculate about what additional chapter might be appropriate in 2016. It is suggested that physical environment, always a part of physical geography, characterized using techniques recently available, could be the subject for such a furt…
Adjustment of dryland stream channels over four decades of urbanization
From Research to Application
Since the major article by Wolman in 1967, investigations of river channel change have identified implications for future management. Whereas hard engineering methods originally dominated management of urban drainage, they are now complemented by a range of newer methods collectively constituting a more holistic approach. These methods address at least five concerns: location of urban areas with implications for land-use planning; retention of pr…
Variations in cross‐cultural perception of riverscapes in relation to in‐channel wood
Human perception of riverscapes with and without large wood (LW) has been investigated with a photo‐questionnaire submitted to 2250 students in ten countries, capturing reactions to 20 pictures in terms of naturalness, danger, aesthetics and need for improvement. Principal component analysis performed on average scores per country per item showed that the primary discriminating factors are human modification, turbulence and extent of water shown …
Past hydrological events reflected in the Holocene fluvial record of Europe
Restructuring physical geography
The tripartite division of physical geography into geomorphology, climatology and biogeography is still often quoted, but developments in the last two decades have resulted in restructuring of the discipline. Significant publications by physical geographers now occur dominantly in multidisciplinary rather than in core geography journals. Analysis of the contents of ten journals and of the submissions to the 1996 UK Research Assessment Exercise (R…
Urban stream channel hazards
In managing urban stream channels there are pressures to use soft engineering techniques to restore channels wherever possible, to undertake management within a drainage basin context, to produce sustainable solutions and to consider community views. However, specific methods for characterizing the channel network in terms of possible management options have not been developed explicitly for urban areas. A method of characterizing the entire drai…
Urbanization and Adjustment of Ephemeral Stream Channels
Comparatively few studies of stream channel adjustment following urbanization have been undertaken in dryland environments. In the new master planned community of Fountain Hills, a residential area near Phoenix, Arizona developed since the 1970s, surveys in 1987 and 2001 of ephemeral wash channels show that they are larger than comparable channels in humid areas, reflecting the effects of rare but substantial floods. Morphological adjustment is s…
Fluvial Geomorphology of Great Britain
Global Continental Palaeohydrology
The 1992 UFC research assessment exercise for geography
Lowland Floodplain Rivers
Modelling Channel Migration and Floodplain Sedimentation in Meandering Streams Estimation of the Fractal Dimension of Terrain from Lake Size Distributions Investigating Contemporary Rates of Floodplain Sedimentation Influence of Farm Management and Drainage on Leaching of Nitrate from Former Floodlands in a Lowland Clay Catchment Floodplain Assessment for Restoration and Conservation: Application of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology to As…
Global Environmental Change
Curriculum development in geomorphology
Because of changes in the subject, present curricula in geomorphology need to be considered in relation to more studies of processes; changes in teaching modes, and developments in other disciplines and in pre‐university courses. Present courses are characterised by reference to geomorphology courses in 73 institutions of higher education and although there is still considerable specialisation there are signs of a more unified approach to the phy…
Human Activity and Environmental Processes
During the last twenty years, more attention has steadily been devoted to the significance of human activity upon the environment. This book identifies ways in which human activity has affected environmental processes. Each chapter examines a particular aspect of environmental processes showing how they have been affected and then gives a brief indication of the significance for the management of the environment. The chapters are organized by the…
Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise; A Challenge for This Generation
These papers elaborate on how to deal with a catastrophic result of the ''greenhouse effect'' -- a global warming that could raise the sea level several feet by the end of the century. Topics of discussion include: physical impact of sea level rise, coastal geomorphic responses, climate sensitivity to increasing greenhouse gases and control of erosion. Inundation and salinity intrusion is reviewed, as well as economic analysis and planning for co…
The Nature of Physical Geography
Dictionaries of Geography
The Nature of Physical Geography
Background to Palaeohydrology
Shows the range of subdisciplines and approaches that contribute to palaeohydrology. Includes reviews and examples of specific approaches, including gully development, drainage network development, vegetation changes, and river channel planform changes. Concentrates on middle and high latitudes
Restructuring physical geography
The tripartite division of physical geography into geomorphology, climatology and biogeography is still often quoted, but developments in the last two decades have resulted in restructuring of the discipline. Significant publications by physical geographers now occur dominantly in multidisciplinary rather than in core geography journals. Analysis of the contents of ten journals and of the submissions to the 1996 UK Research Assessment Exercise (R…
Global Continental Palaeohydrology
Background to Palaeohydrology
Shows the range of subdisciplines and approaches that contribute to palaeohydrology. Includes reviews and examples of specific approaches, including gully development, drainage network development, vegetation changes, and river channel planform changes. Concentrates on middle and high latitudes
Urban stream channel hazards
In managing urban stream channels there are pressures to use soft engineering techniques to restore channels wherever possible, to undertake management within a drainage basin context, to produce sustainable solutions and to consider community views. However, specific methods for characterizing the channel network in terms of possible management options have not been developed explicitly for urban areas. A method of characterizing the entire drai…
Urbanization and Adjustment of Ephemeral Stream Channels
Comparatively few studies of stream channel adjustment following urbanization have been undertaken in dryland environments. In the new master planned community of Fountain Hills, a residential area near Phoenix, Arizona developed since the 1970s, surveys in 1987 and 2001 of ephemeral wash channels show that they are larger than comparable channels in humid areas, reflecting the effects of rare but substantial floods. Morphological adjustment is s…
The Nature of Physical Geography
The Hurricane and Its Impact
UK programmes for HE physical geography
Competing influences and pressures on areas of HE and the content of new AL syllabi suggest a need for curriculum reconsideration. We analyse, from institutional website data, the present provision of physical geography in 77 UK institutions providing undergraduate learning in geography. The extent of compulsory modules gives an indication of programme structure: compulsory modules average 65%, no first-year choice is offered in 58% of programmes…
Human Activity and Environmental Processes
During the last twenty years, more attention has steadily been devoted to the significance of human activity upon the environment. This book identifies ways in which human activity has affected environmental processes. Each chapter examines a particular aspect of environmental processes showing how they have been affected and then gives a brief indication of the significance for the management of the environment. The chapters are organized by the…
Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise; A Challenge for This Generation
These papers elaborate on how to deal with a catastrophic result of the ''greenhouse effect'' -- a global warming that could raise the sea level several feet by the end of the century. Topics of discussion include: physical impact of sea level rise, coastal geomorphic responses, climate sensitivity to increasing greenhouse gases and control of erosion. Inundation and salinity intrusion is reviewed, as well as economic analysis and planning for co…
Atlas of Drought in Britain, 1975-76
Exeter Essays in Geography in Honour of Arthur Davies
Evolving curricula and syllabi – challenges for physical geography
Recent technological changes in communications, in research and in learning and teaching styles should prompt developments in approaches to physical geography curricula. This paper questions whether there has been sufficient open discussion of such curricula and those that have been set nationally. Developments in England and Wales over more than fifty years provide the context for the present situation, which is considered according to types of …
From Research to Application
Since the major article by Wolman in 1967, investigations of river channel change have identified implications for future management. Whereas hard engineering methods originally dominated management of urban drainage, they are now complemented by a range of newer methods collectively constituting a more holistic approach. These methods address at least five concerns: location of urban areas with implications for land-use planning; retention of pr…
Lowland Floodplain Rivers
Modelling Channel Migration and Floodplain Sedimentation in Meandering Streams Estimation of the Fractal Dimension of Terrain from Lake Size Distributions Investigating Contemporary Rates of Floodplain Sedimentation Influence of Farm Management and Drainage on Leaching of Nitrate from Former Floodlands in a Lowland Clay Catchment Floodplain Assessment for Restoration and Conservation: Application of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology to As…
Curriculum development in geomorphology
Because of changes in the subject, present curricula in geomorphology need to be considered in relation to more studies of processes; changes in teaching modes, and developments in other disciplines and in pre‐university courses. Present courses are characterised by reference to geomorphology courses in 73 institutions of higher education and although there is still considerable specialisation there are signs of a more unified approach to the phy…
Putting physical environments in their place
The content of two books by Kenneth Gregory on the nature of physical geography, published in 1985 and 2000 provides a basis from which to consider changing priorities and, in the light of recent developments, to speculate about what additional chapter might be appropriate in 2016. It is suggested that physical environment, always a part of physical geography, characterized using techniques recently available, could be the subject for such a furt…
Variations in cross‐cultural perception of riverscapes in relation to in‐channel wood
Human perception of riverscapes with and without large wood (LW) has been investigated with a photo‐questionnaire submitted to 2250 students in ten countries, capturing reactions to 20 pictures in terms of naturalness, danger, aesthetics and need for improvement. Principal component analysis performed on average scores per country per item showed that the primary discriminating factors are human modification, turbulence and extent of water shown …
Physical geography techniques
The growth of interest in, and use of, field and laboratory techniques in the various branches of physical geography have led to the development of a second‐year course at Southampton University. A self‐paced format has been adopted in preference to traditional lecture and practical instruction, and the development of the course, its objectives and the methods of assessment devised are reviewed in the light of the experience gained during four ye…
The Wolfson Geochemical Atlas of England and Wales
Drainage Network Volumes and Precipitation in Britain
Drainage networks are analysed in eleven basins representing a range of climatic locations in England. Field survey of 328 channel cross-sections allows the volume of the channel network to be established by relating channel capacity to total stream length. The relation between volume of the channel network and mean annual flood discharge for eight basins is better than that between drainage area and mean annual flood. Channel network volume is a…
China's Rivers
Proglacial Lake Eskdale after Sixty Years
SIXTY YEARS ago, P. F. Kendall published a thorough interpretation of 'glacial retreat' in the Cleveland Hills,1 and the ideas contained in his two papers on the subject met with little opposition at that time.2 The anomalous valleys, described as overflow channels, were soon recognized in other areas and used as indicators of the former existence of proglacial lakes. In the succeeding thirty years, many studies in particular areas of this countr…
Proglacial Lake Eskdale after Sixty Years
SIXTY YEARS ago, P. F. Kendall published a thorough interpretation of 'glacial retreat' in the Cleveland Hills,1 and the ideas contained in his two papers on the subject met with little opposition at that time.2 The anomalous valleys, described as overflow channels, were soon recognized in other areas and used as indicators of the former existence of proglacial lakes. In the succeeding thirty years, many studies in particular areas of this countr…
South-West England
Exeter Essays in Geography in Honour of Arthur Davies
Soils of the Exeter District (Sheets 325 and 339)
Spatial Analysis in Geomorphology
The Content and Relationships of Physical Geography
Changing Drainage Basins
The geomorphological study of drainage basin changes can be visualized against the background of seven types of study. These include studies of morphometry, of basin characteristics and basin processes, of channel geometry, of theoretical approaches, of basin dynamics and of palaeohydrology. The magnitude of changes in process is indicated by the four-fold increase in peak flows during urbanization of a small experimental catchment. Such changes …
China's Rivers
Conclusion
Drainage Network Volumes and Precipitation in Britain
Drainage networks are analysed in eleven basins representing a range of climatic locations in England. Field survey of 328 channel cross-sections allows the volume of the channel network to be established by relating channel capacity to total stream length. The relation between volume of the channel network and mean annual flood discharge for eight basins is better than that between drainage area and mean annual flood. Channel network volume is a…
The Wolfson Geochemical Atlas of England and Wales
Atlas of Drought in Britain, 1975-76
Physical geography techniques
The growth of interest in, and use of, field and laboratory techniques in the various branches of physical geography have led to the development of a second‐year course at Southampton University. A self‐paced format has been adopted in preference to traditional lecture and practical instruction, and the development of the course, its objectives and the methods of assessment devised are reviewed in the light of the experience gained during four ye…
Man and Environmental Processes
Pattern and Process in Physical Geography
The Hurricane and Its Impact
Background to Palaeohydrology
Shows the range of subdisciplines and approaches that contribute to palaeohydrology. Includes reviews and examples of specific approaches, including gully development, drainage network development, vegetation changes, and river channel planform changes. Concentrates on middle and high latitudes
Dictionaries of Geography
The Nature of Physical Geography
The Nature of Physical Geography
Curriculum development in geomorphology
Because of changes in the subject, present curricula in geomorphology need to be considered in relation to more studies of processes; changes in teaching modes, and developments in other disciplines and in pre‐university courses. Present courses are characterised by reference to geomorphology courses in 73 institutions of higher education and although there is still considerable specialisation there are signs of a more unified approach to the phy…
Human Activity and Environmental Processes
During the last twenty years, more attention has steadily been devoted to the significance of human activity upon the environment. This book identifies ways in which human activity has affected environmental processes. Each chapter examines a particular aspect of environmental processes showing how they have been affected and then gives a brief indication of the significance for the management of the environment. The chapters are organized by the…
Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise; A Challenge for This Generation
These papers elaborate on how to deal with a catastrophic result of the ''greenhouse effect'' -- a global warming that could raise the sea level several feet by the end of the century. Topics of discussion include: physical impact of sea level rise, coastal geomorphic responses, climate sensitivity to increasing greenhouse gases and control of erosion. Inundation and salinity intrusion is reviewed, as well as economic analysis and planning for co…
Global Environmental Change
The 1992 UFC research assessment exercise for geography
Geography (36 obras) · Geology (16 obras) · Geology (14 obras) · Computer Science (12 obras) · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 obras) · Archaeology (10 obras) · Economic geography (10 obras) · Environmental Science (10 obras) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 obras) · Soil erosion and sediment transport (7 obras)