Block 1 Changing Earth Surface ProcessesSection 1 Introduction1. Global environmental change: from past to present2. Drivers of earth surface processes3. The AnthropoceneSection 2 Detection and quantification of Earth surface processes4. Sedimentary records of Global Environmental Change5. Landform record6. Dating techniques7. Remote sensing8. Process monitoring9. Conclusive remarks about technical issues and improvements on the identification of 'Global environmental change'Block 2 Climatic and anthropogenic drivers of earth surface processesSection 3 Climate impacts on earth surface processes10. Glacial and periglacial processes11. Hillslope and mass-wasting processes12. Fluvial processes13. Aeolian processes14. Estuaries and deltas15. Coastal processes (cliffs, beaches, barriers, coastal dunes...), and wetlands16. Karst processes17. Considerations on the inherent complexities of disentangling anthropogenic and natural signals in landscape changesSection 4 Anthropogenic impacts on earth surface processes18. Glacial and periglacial processes19. Hillslope and mass-wasting processes20. Fluvial processes21. Aeolian processes22. Estuaries and deltas23. Coastal processes (cliffs, beaches, barriers, coastal dunes...), and wetlands24. Karst processes25. Conclusive remarks highlighting key global problemsBlock 3 The temporal and spatial scalesSection 5 The (relative) role of climate and anthropogenic impacts on earth surface processes26. Through the Anthropocene: Sediment-routing at the global scale in the Anthropocene / The sediment cascade in the Anthropocene27. Today28. Future outlook, prediction, modellingSection 6 Suggestions for adapted and sustainable mitigation and management strategies29. (Sub)polar regions30. Mountain areas31. Karst environments32. River systems (river restoration/rehabilitation)33. Estuaries and deltas34. Beaches, dunes and coastal areas, and wetlands35. Arid environments (deserts)36. Conclusive remarks disentangling climatic from anthropic signals in earth surface processes and highlighting future strategies
