Urban Geomorphology

Dr. Mary J. Thornbush, University of Guelph, Canada, is a trained geomorphologist and environmental researcher specializing in climate change mitigation-adaptation and environmental sustainability. Her research on soils focuses on measuring soil organic carbon; monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) protocols; weathering of calcareous rock and soil aggregates; soil and sediment erosion; and sustainable land management (SLM). Her interdisciplinary approach bridges policy-relevant climate change mitigation-adaptation frameworks involving carbon sequestration and soil health. Though well-regarded in the fields of geomorphology, rock/cultural stone decay, and humanistic geography, Dr. Casey D. Allen’s passion rests in helping people explore and discover landscapes as Traditional and Romantic Geographers. A first-generation college student and award-winning teacher-scholar with broad interests, he has been as a professional academic advisor, created and supervised several successful academic and support programs, was selected as a Fulbright Scholar, National Science Foundation Fellow, and Early Career Scholar in Geographic Education, and held various faculty and administrative positions at several universities – including earning tenure at the University of Colorado before serving as Lecturer of Earth/Environmental Science for the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus in Barbados. Along with his penchant for travel, Dr. Allen also retains interests and expertise in soils and biological soil crusts, landscape/geoarchaeology, rock art, botany, and regional studies. Follow him on Twitter (@caseallen) and see his website (caseallen.com) for more.

• 1. IntroductionMary J. Thornbush and Casey D. AllenSection 1: Paleogeomorphology and Archaeogeomorphology2. Complex Interactions Among Geomorphological Hazards and Urban Evolution Since the Middle Age in a Mediterranean CityJoana Maria Petrus, Mauricio Ruiz-Pérez and Joan Estrany3. Geotourism Development in an Urban Area Based on Local Geologic HeritageMaria Gorska-Zabielska and Ryszard Zabielski4. Archeogeomorphological evidences of Urban Sprawl and Anthropogeomorphological metamorphosis of Town Landscape on a Post-glacial area: PoznańZbigniew Zwolinski, Małgorzata Mazurek, Iwona Hildebrandt-Radke and Mirosław MakohonienkoSection 2: Anthropogeomorphology5. Urban Stream Geomorphology and Salmon Repatriation in Lower Vernon Creek, British ColumbiaAlexander MacDuff and Bernard Bauer6. Landform Change Due to Airport BuildingPiotr MigonSection 3: Landscape Influences on Urban Growth7. Environmental Contamination by Technogenic Deposits in the Urban Area of Araguaina, BrazilCarlos Augusto Machado Sr. and Silvio Carlos Rodrigues8. Transforming the Physical Geography of a City: An Example of Johannesburg, South AfricaJasper Knight9. New Conceptual Frameworks in Urban Design: When Design Meets GeomorphologyPaulina EspinosaSection 4: Developing Geomorphological Hazards During the Anthropocene10. Urban Geomorphology of an Arid City: Case Study of Phoenix, ArizonaRonald Dorn11. Bivouacs of the Anthropocene: Urbanization, Landforms and Hazards in Mountainous RegionsKevin Gamache, John R. Giardino, Panshu Zhao and Rebecca Owens12. A Dramatic, Geomorphologically Active Environment vs. a Dynamic, Rapidly Developing CityMonique Fort, Basanta Raj Adhikari, and Bhagawat RimalSection 5: Urban Stone Decay: Cultural Stone and its Sustainability in the Built Environment13. Urban Stone Decay and Sustainable Built Environment in the Niger River BasinOlumide Onafeso and Adeyemi Oludapo Olusola14.  A Geologic Assessment of Historic St. Elizabeth Church Using the Cultural Stone Stability Index, Auraria Campus, Denver, ColoradoCasey D. Allen15. Photographic technique used in a photometric approach to assess the weathering of pavement slabs in Toronto (Ontario, Canada)Mary J. Thornbush16. ConclusionMary J. Thornbush and Casey D. Allen