David L. Higgitt
Publication List
2006
Higgitt, D.L. 2006 Making space for education for sustainable development in the enterprise economy.
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 30(2), 251-262.
Higgitt, D.L. 2006 Understanding eruptions. Asian Geographic, 37(4/2006), 65-72.
Higgitt, D.L. and Haigh, M.J. 2006 International advice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education,30(1), 1-5.
Fuller, I., Edmonson, S., France, D., Higgitt, D.L. and Ratinen, I. 2006 International perspectives on
the effectiveness of geography fieldwork for learning. Journal of Geography in Higher
Education, 30(1), 89-101.
Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 2006 Sediment Load. In: Trimble, S.W. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Water
Science, pp. 1-5 (DOI: 10.1081/E-EWS-120038077) (Dekker Encyclopedias: New York).

2005
Higgitt, D.L. 2005 Out of cite, out of mind? Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(1), 1-5.
Higgitt, D.L., Haigh, M.J. and Chalkley, B. 2005 Towards the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development: Introduction. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(1), 13-17.
Yeloff, D. E., Labadz, J. C., Hunt, C. O., Higgitt, D. L. and Foster, I. D. L. 2005 Blanket peat erosion
and sediment yield in an upland reservoir catchment in the southern Pennines, UK. Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms, 30(6), 717-733.
2004
Higgitt, D.L. 2004 GPS and geomorphology. In: Goudie, A (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Geomorphology.
(Routledge, London), Volume 1, 487-89.
Higgitt, D.L. 2004 Urbanization and environmental degradation in Jordan. In: Sassen, S. (Ed.) Human
Resource System Challenge VII: Human Settlement Development, in Encyclopedia of Life
Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers,
Oxford, [http://www.eolss.net].
Higgitt, D.L. 2004 Land degradation, conservation and globalization: A Mediterranean perspective.
Options Méditerranéennes, Series A, 57, 71-78.
Higgitt, D.L. 2004 Pedagogy, popularity and problematic knowledge. Proceedings of the 1st
International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Singapore 1-3
December 2004, 90-95.
Higgitt, D.L. and Haigh, M.J. 2004 Contemplating pedagogy and the mainstream. Journal of
Geography in Higher Education, 28, 3-8.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X.X. 2004 Investigating sediment delivery in large river basins. Proceedings ofthe 2nd APHW Conference, Singapore, 5-8 July 2004, Volume 2, 134-141.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X.X. 2004 Investigating sediment and carbon delivery from large Asian rivers, inSidle, R.C., Tani, M., Abdul Rahim, N. and Tewodros Ayele, T. (eds) Forests and Water inWarm Humid Asia, Proceedings of a IUFRO Forest Hydrology Workshop, 10-12 July 2004,
185-187.

2003
Higgitt, D.L. 2003 Approaches to physical geography fieldwork. In: Rogers, A. and Viles, H. A. (Eds)The Student’s Companion to Geography. (Blackwell, Oxford), 212-218.
Higgitt, D.L. and Allison, R.J. 2003 The North Yorkshire Coast: A Geomorphological guide to thecoast between Saltburn and Flamborough Head. British Geomorphological Research Group
Field Meeting Guide.
Haigh, M.J. and Higgitt, D.L. 2003 New faces and new directions at the Journal of Geography inHigher Education (JGHE). Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 27, 3-6.
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Holliday, V.J., Higgitt, D.L., Warburton, J. and White, S.M. 2003 Reconstructing upland sedimentbudgets in ungauged catchments from reservoir sedimentation and rainfall records calibratedusing short-term streamflow monitoring. In: De Boer, D., Froehlich, W., Mizuyama, T. andPietroniro, A. (Eds) Erosion Prediction in Ungauged Basins: Integrating methods andTechniques (Proceedings of Symposium HS01, Sapporo, July 2003), IAHS Publication No,
279. (International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford), pp 59-67.
Warburton, J., Higgitt, D.L. and Mills, A.J. 2003 Anatomy of a Pennine peat slide, Northern England.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 28, 457-473.

2002
Higgitt, D.L. 2002 Overview: Sediment transfer dynamics. In: Allison, R.J. (ed.) Applied
geomorphology: Theory and practice. (Wiley, Chichester), 115-124.
Higgitt, D.L. 2002 Beyond the fringe: Environmental sustainability and urbanization in Jordan. In:
Borri, D., Camarda, D. and Grassini, L. (eds.) Sustainable Planning for Soil and Water: The
Mediterranean. (L’Harmattan Italia, Torino), 103-117.
Higgitt, D.L. and Warburton, J. 2002 GPS: A tool for mapping the uplands. In: Burt, T.P., Thompson,
D.B.A and Warburton, J. (eds.) The British Uplands: Dynamics of change. JNCC Report No.
319 (JNCC, Peterborough), 134-135.
Mills, A.J., Warburton, J. and Higgitt, D.L. 2002 Peat mass movements: a world and regional database.
In: Burt, T.P., Thompson, D.B.A and Warburton, J. (eds.) The British Uplands: Dynamics ofchange. JNCC Report No. 319 (JNCC, Peterborough), 166-167.
Xiang, L., Lu, X.X., Higgitt, D.L. and Wang, S.M. 2002 Sedimentation in the middle and lower
Yangtze basin, inferred from 137Cs and 210Pb measurement. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,21, 77-86.
2001
Higgitt, D.L. and Lee. E.M. (eds.) 2001 Geomorphological processes and landscape change: Britain in
the last 1000 years. (Blackwell, Oxford), 297pp.
Higgitt, D.L. 2001 A brief time of history. In: Higgitt, D.L. and Lee. E.M. (eds.) Geomorphologicalprocesses and landscape change: Britain in the last 1000 years. (Blackwell, Oxford), 1-26.
Higgitt, D.L., Warburton, J. and Evans, M.G. 2001 Sediment transfer in upland environments. In:
Higgitt, D.L. and Lee. E.M. (eds.) Geomorphological processes and landscape change:
Britain in the last 1000 years. (Blackwell, Oxford), 190-214.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lee, E.M. 2001 Geomorphology for the third millennium. In: Higgitt, D.L. and Lee.
E.M. (eds.) Geomorphological processes and landscape change: Britain in the last 1000 years.
(Blackwell, Oxford), 269-287.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X.X. 2001 Sediment delivery to the Three Gorges: 1 Catchment controls.
Geomorphology, 41, 143-156.
Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 2001 Sediment delivery to the Three Gorges: 2. Local response.
Geomorphology, 41, 157-169.
Higgitt, D.L. 2001 Impact of rapid urban growth on sustainability of soil and water resources in Jordan.
Options Méditerranéennes, Series A, 44, 223-232.
2000
Higgitt, D.L. 2000 Assessing and managing the soil erosion problem in southern China. In: Cannon, T.
(ed.) China’s economic growth: Impact on regions, migration and environment. (Macmillian
Press, Basingstoke), 190-208.
Higgitt, D.L. 2000 Impact of rapid urban growth on sustainability of soil and water resources in Jordan.
In: Camarda, D. and Grassini, L. (eds.) Interdependency between agriculture and urbanization:
Conflicts on sustainable use of soil and water. Proceedings of Tunis Meeting, April 2000.
(CIHEAM-IAMB and Politechnico di Bari, Bari), 215-223.
Higgitt, D.L. 2000 Living with large rivers. Geography Review, 13(5), 8-10.
Higgitt, D.L. 2000 Heading for a breakdown. Geography Review, 14(1), 9-11
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X.X. 2000 Determining variations in sediment yield in large river basins: an
example of the Upper Yangtze. In: Stone, M., (ed.) The role of erosion and sediment transport
in nutrient and contaminant transfer (Proceedings of the Waterloo Symposium, July 2000),
IAHS Publ. No. 263. (International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford), 1928.

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Higgitt, D.L., Lu, X.X. and Pu, L.J. 2000 Soil erosion assessment using 137Cs: Examples fromcontrasting environments in southern China. In: Foster, I.D.L. (ed.) Tracers inGeomorphology. (Wiley, Chichester), 165-182.
Allison, R.J., Grove, J.R., Higgitt, D.L., Kirk, A.J., Rosser, N.J. and Warburton, J. 2000
Geomorphology of the eastern Badia basalt plateau, Jordan. Geographical Journal, 166, 352370.
Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 2000 Estimating erosion rates on sloping agricultural land in the Yangtze
Three Gorges, China, from caesium-137 measurements. Catena, 39, 33-51.
Lu, X.X., Wang, J. and Higgitt, D.L. 2000 NDVI and its relationships with hydrological regimes in theUpper Yangtze. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 26, 418-427.
Nairn, K., Higgitt, D.L. and Vanneste, D. 2000 International perspectives on fieldcourses. Journal of
Geography in Higher Education, 24, 246-254.
1999
Higgitt, D.L. 1999 Another view of the Three Gorges. Geology Today, 15, 104-105.
Higgitt, D.L. 1999 Extreme geography. Geography Review, 12(5), 6-7.
Higgitt, D.L. 1999 Sculpted by ice: landforms of upland Britain. Geography Review, 13(2), 11-13.
Higgitt, D.L. and Allison, R.J. 1999 Clast exposure on boulder-covered desert slopes. Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms, 24, 111-125.
Higgitt, D.L. and Allison, R.J. 1999 Charactersitics of stone covers on the surface of basalt flows inarid, northeast Jordan. Geomorphology, 28, 263-280.
Higgitt, D.L. and Bullard, J. 1999 Assessing fieldwork risk for undergraduate projects. Journal of
Geography in Higher Education, 23, 441-449.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X.X. 1999 Challenges in relating land use to sediment yield in the Upper Yangtze.
Hydrobiologia, 410, 269-277.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X.X. 1999 Sediment delivery from the Upper Yangtze catchment. In: Chen, Z. Y.
(ed.) Proceedings IAG Yangtze Fluvial Conference, Shanghai, China. (East China Normal
University, Shanghai), 47-64.
Higgitt, D.L. and Warburton, J. 1999 Applications of differential GPS in upland fluvial geomorphology.
Geomorphology, 29, 121-134.
Higgitt, D.L. and Warburton, J. 1999 ‘Token Supevision’: How to run group projects efficiently
without compromising quality. In: Moore, I. and Exley, K. (eds.) Innovations in scienceteaching 2, SEDA Paper 107. (Staff and Educational Development Association, Birmingham),
41-46.
Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 1999 Sediment yield variability in the Upper Yangtze, China. Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms, 24, 1077-1093.
Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 1999 A sediment budget for a small catchment in the Three Gorges area. In:
Chen, Z. Y. (ed.) Proceedings IAG Yangtze Fluvial Conference, Shanghai, China. (East China
Normal University, Shanghai), 96-109.
Pu, L.J., Bao, H.S. and Higgitt, D.L. 1999 The application of new methods on land degradation study– a case study on Dongxi River Basin, Western Fujian, China. Journal of Natural Resources,
14, 55-61 (in Chinese).
1998
Higgitt, D.L. 1998 A drop in the ocean. Geography Review, 11(3), 13-15.
Higgitt, D.L. 1998 The rainforest paradox. Geography Review, 12(1), 7-9.
Higgitt, D.L. and Allison, R.J. 1998 Characteristics of the basalt boulder surfaces. In: Dutton, R.W.,
Clarke, J.I. and Battikhi, A.M. (eds.) Arid land resources and their management: Jordan’sdesert margin, (Kegan-Paul International, London), 171-182.
Higgitt, D.L., Bao, H.S. and Pu, L.J. 1998 Geomorphologic controls on soil degradation in Fujian
Province, China. In: Cao, Z.H. (ed.) International symposium on soil, human and environment
interactions (Nanjing, China, 1997), (China Science Technology Press, Beijing), 135-142.
Al-Homoud, A. S., Allison, R. J., Higgitt, D. L., White, K. and Sunna, B. F. 1998 Regional geologic
environs and natural resources of Badia Sector, Jordan. Environmental Geology, 36, 18-26.
Allison, R.J. and Higgitt, D.L. 1998 Slope form and associations with ground boulder cover in arid
environments, northeast Jordan. Catena, 33, 47-74.
Allison, R.J., Higgitt, D.L., Kirk, A.J., Warburton, J., Al-Homoud, A.S., Sunna, B.S. and White, K.
1998 Geology, geomorphology, hydrology, groundwater and physical resources. In: Dutton,
R.W., Clarke, J.I. and Battikhi, A.M. (eds.) Arid land resources and their management:
Jordan’s desert margin, (Kegan-Paul International, London), 21-44.
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Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 1998 Recent changes of sediment yield in the Upper Yangtze, China.
Environmental Management, 22, 697-709.
Lu, X.X. and Higgitt, D.L. 1998 Sediment yield mapping using GIS in the Upper Yangtze. In: Cao,
Z.H. (ed.) International symposium on soil, human and environment interactions (Nanjing,
China, 1997), (China Science Technology Press, Beijing), 40-50.
Pu, L.J., Bao, H.S., Peng, B.Z. and Higgitt, D.L. 1998 Distribution and assessment of soil and landdegradation in subtropical China – a case study of the Dongxi River Basin, Fujian Province.
Pedosphere, 8, 201-210.
Pu, L.J., Bao, H.S., Peng, B.Z. and Higgitt, D.L. 1998 Preliminary study of using 137Cs to estimate soil
erosion rates in wind eroded area, China: Case study on the Korla Area, Xinjiang Autonomous
Region. Acta Pedologica Sinica, 35, 441-449 (in Chinese).
Warburton, J. and Higgitt, D.L. 1998 Harthope Burn peat slide: an example of slope channel coupling.
In: Warburton, J. (ed.) Geomorphological studies in the North Pennines, (British
Geomorphological Research Group, Durham), 92-104.
1997
Higgitt, D.L. 1997 Underground story: local variation in soils. Geography Review, 10(4), 19-21.
Higgitt, D.L. 1997 The sand seas of Earth, Mars and Venus. Geography Review, 11(1), 10-12
Barker, P.A. and Higgitt, D.L. 1997 Palaeohydrology and environmental change in drylands. In:
Wilby, R.L. (ed.) Contemporary hydrology, (Wiley, Chichester), 273-316.
Lu, X.X., Donoghue, D.N.M. and Higgitt, D.L. 1997 The relationship between NDVI and sedimenttransport: a case study in the Upper Yangtze, China. In: White, K. (ed.) RSS97 Observations
and Interactions. (Remote Sensing Society, Nottingham), 310-315.
Peng, B.Z., Pu, L.J., Bao, H.S. and Higgitt, D.L. 1997 Vertical zonation of landscape characteristics in
the Namjagbarwa Massif of Tibet, China. Mountain Research and Development, 17, 43-48.
1996
Higgitt, D.L. 1996 The effectiveness of student-authored field trails as a means of enhancing
geomorphological interpretation. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 20, 35-44.
Higgitt, D.L. 1996 Landscapes of limestone. Geography Review, 9(5), 7-9.
Higgitt, D.L. 1996 Where the river runs deep. Geography Review, 10(1), 13-15.
Higgitt, D.L. and Lu, X. 1996 Patterns of sediment yield in the Upper Yangtze basin, China. In:
Erosion and sediment yield: Global and regional perspectives (Proceedings of the Exeter
Symposium, July 1996), IAHS Publication No. 236, (International Association of Hydrological
Sciences, Wallingford) 205-214.
Higgitt, D.L. and Rowan, J.S. 1996 Erosion assessment and administration in subtropical China: A
case study from Fujian Province. Land Degradation and Development, 7, 1-10.
1995
Higgitt, D.L. 1995 The development and application of caesium-137 measurements in erosion
investigations. In: Foster, I.D.L., Gurnell, A.M. and Webb, B.W. (eds.) Sediment and water
quality in river catchments, (Wiley, Chichester), 287-305.
Higgitt, D.L. 1995 Quantifying erosion rates from caesium-137 measurements: A comment on Elliottand Cole-Clark (1993): ‘Estimates of erosion on potato lands on krasnozems at Dorrigo,
N.S.W. using the caesium-137 technique. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 33, 709-714.
Higgitt, D.L. 1995 Assessment of erosion and sediment delivery in a mountainous subtropicalcatchment, Fujian province, China. In: Singh, R.B. and Haigh, M.J. (eds.) Sustainable
reconstruction of highland and headwater regions, (Balkema, Rotterdam), 299-306.
Higgitt, D.L. 1995 Earth surface processes: the battle between force and resistance. Geography
Review, 9(2), 13-15.
Higgitt, D.L. and Haigh, M.J. 1995 Rapid appraisal of erosion rates on mining spoils using caesium137 measurements. International Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment,
9, 141-148.
1994
Higgitt, D.L., Walling, D.E. and Haigh, M.J. 1994 Estimating rates of ground retreat on mining spoils
using caesium-137. Applied Geography, 14, 294-307.
1993
Higgitt, D.L. 1993 Soil erosion and soil problems. Progress in Physical Geography, 17, 461-472.
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Higgitt, D.L. and Walling, D.E. 1993 The value of caesium-137 measurements for estimating soil
erosion and sediment delivery in an agricultural catchment, Avon, UK. In: Wicherek, S. (ed.)
Farm land erosion in temperate plain environments and hills, Proceedings International
Symposium, Saint-Cloud, Paris, May 1992; (Elsevier, Amsterdam), 301-315.
Higgitt, D.L., Rowan, J.S. and Walling, D.E. 1993 Catchment scale deposition and redistribution ofChernobyl radiocaesium in upland Britain. Environment International, 19, 155-166.
Froehlich, W., Higgitt, D.L. and Walling, D.E. 1993 The use of caesium-137 to investigate soil
erosion and sediment delivery from cultivated slopes in the Polish Carpathians. In: Wicherek,
S. (ed.) Farm land erosion in temperate plain environments and hills, ProceedingsInternational Symposium, Saint-Cloud, Paris, May 1992; (Elsevier, Amsterdam), 271-283.
Rowan, J.S., Higgitt, D.L. and Walling, D.E. 1993 The incorporation of Chernobyl-derived
radiocaesium in reservoir sedimentary profiles. In: Duck, R.W. and McManus, J. (eds.)
Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Lakes and Reservoirs (Wiley, Chichester), 55-71.
1992
Higgitt, D.L. 1992 Soil erosion and soil problems. Progress in Physical Geography, 16, 230-238.
Higgitt, D.L., Froehlich, W. and Walling, D.E. 1992 Applications and limitations of Chernobyl
radiocaesium measurements in a Carpathian erosion investigation, Poland. Land Degradation
and Rehabilitation, 3, 15-26.
1991
Higgitt, D.L. 1991 Soil erosion and soil problems. Progress in Physical Geography, 15, 91-100.
Zhang, X., Higgitt, D.L. and Walling, D.E. 1991 A preliminary assessment of the potential to use
137
Cs to estimate rates of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau of China. Geochimica, 9, 212-218(in Chinese).
1990
Zhang, X., Higgitt, D.L. and Walling, D.E. 1990 A preliminary assessment of the potential for usingcaesium-137 measurements to estimate rates of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau of China.
Hydrological Sciences Journal, 35, 243-252.

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