major referencesAs a consequence of these changes, physical geography moved away from inductive accounts of environments and their origins and toward analysis of physical systems and processes. Interest in the physiography of the Earth’s surface was replaced by research on how the environment works.Since the reorientation after 1970 of physical geography to the study of systems of natural environmental processes, there have been major changes in both research and teaching. Much research now involves large, tightly focused collaborative programs of careful measurement, modeling, and analysis. It is much more demanding and expensive in resources than previously: equipping field expeditions...
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