Runge, Jurgen (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany) (Hrsg.)

Landscape Evolution, Neotectonics and Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Cameroon

Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 31, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments

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Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 31 presents two compressed English versions of the PhD thesis by J. Eisenberg and M. Sangen, produced in the framework of the German Research Foundation 's funded Rain Forest Savanna Contact project that has been carried out between 2004 and 2009 in Southern Cameroon (Central Africa). A complementary introductory, as well as summing up articles by two Cameroonian colleagues (B. Kankeu, M. Tchindjang) complete the results of this joint German-Cameroon research project. This book will be of interest to all concerned with ecosystems dynamics, tropical forests, savannahs, deserts and related development problems of… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-415-67735-6
EAN: 9780415677356
Produktnummer: 23260409
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 302 S.
Masse: H25.2 cm x B17.4 cm x D2.1 cm 702 g
Abbildungen: 10 Halftones, black and white; 3 Tables, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Gewicht: 702
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Since almost 25 years Professor Dr. Jürgen Runge (*1962) has worked as a Physical Geographer and Environmentalist on the evolution of tropical landscapes, former and recent environmental changes and on questions related to tropical and subtropical land use in subsaharan semi-humid and humid regions in Africa. After basic studies in Geography, Geology, Soil Science and Botany at the Universities of Giessen and Göttingen, he regionally specialized on West and Central Africa as an assistant Professor at the University of Paderborn. Since the 1990's extended field work and scientific expeditions on the Late Pleistocene climate and vegetation in the Congo basin and neighbouring areas were undertaken. In 2000 he was appointed as a full Professor for Physical Geography and Geoecology with regional focus on subsaharan Africa at Frankfurt University. In 2003 he set up the 'Center for interdisciplinary research on Africa' (Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Afrikaforschung, ZIAF, www.ziaf.uni-frankfurt.de) In 2005 he tooks over the editorship of 'Palaeoecology of Africa'. Between 2007 and 2010 he worked as a project manager for the the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in the topic of sustainability of geological resources and good gouvernance in Central Africa.