Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a former Pro-Vice Chancellor. He is holder of the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Mungo Park Medal. He is a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.

His previous books include:

	The Human Impact 5th Ed. (Blackwell, 1999)
	The Human Impact Reader (Blackwell,1997)
	The Earth Transformed (Blackwell, 1997)
	The Changing Earth (Blackwell, 1995)

He is co-editor of:

	The Students Companion to Geography (Blackwell, 1992)
	The Dictionary of Physical Geography 3rd Ed. (Blackwell, 2000)