Mountains represent one of the most inspiring and attractive natural features on the surface of the earth. This book is divided into three sections, which consider historical, functional and applied mountain geomorphology from both global and local perspectives. It is suitable for students studying mountain geomorphology, and others.

Steepland geomorphology concerns landscapes which are either active tectonically or influenced by volcanism. Using case studies, this text illustrates the differing conceptual frameworks that can be used to model and manage such unstable and variable regions.

Considers the six aspects of the cryosphere - ice sheets, glacier ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice and snow - in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate that the land-based geomorphological evidence of environmental change from late Pleistocene, Holocene, historical and contemporary time periods remain central to the understanding of environmental change both at the global and regional scale.