Looking at Landscapes is a detailed, informative and lively series exploring the patterns and processes that influence landscapes around the world and human responses to natural hazards. This series aims not only to answer, but also to inspire questions about different environments and landscapes, and our relationships with some of the greatest forces of nature we experience on Earth. Photographs bring the effects of the subject vividly to life, while diagrams enhance the readers' practical understanding of the processes that have created the landscapes of the world in which we live today.