Of the Fourth Edition:
"Andrew Goudie has drawn on his wide experience to produce an up-to-date, accessible and comprehensive introduction to physical geography. Throughout the book, the issue of scale is emphasized - from global to local. Human impact on the earth surface systems is another important and topical theme. This is an excellent book, elegantly written, which will appeal to a wide variety of readers." Professor Tim Burt, University of Durham
Of Previous Editions:
"This is likely to be a standard work for scholarship and for first-year students for many years ... Professor Goudie has succeeded in making the subject more relevant to human affairs and at the same time has taken into account ideas and knowledge not available to earlier writers ... The book is well written, beautifully illustrated with numerous plates, figures and tables. There is a full index. It must also be added that Professor Goudie is a much travelled man and has been a member of several expeditions and has contributed considerably to their work. He is, therefore, largely writing from personal knowledge of many countries." Geographical Journal
"The overall aim of integrating the processes on various scales, of joining together different branches on the subject, and of combining the physical and the human, are amply fulfilled." New Scientist
"An excellent primer for an undergraduate course." Scottish Geographical Magazine