ABSTRACT
Geomorphology is the study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it. Although it has historically focused on the study of pristine landscapes, recently attention has turned to landscapes shaped and influenced by human activities. These activities can substantially reshape the Earth's surface, creating new landscapes, including sprawling urban areas. Human activity can also affect the processes which shape and reshape landforms through erosion and deposition, for example through building dams to regulate the movement of water and sediment. Geomorphology can make an important contribution to site matters, as it seeks to understand the forms and processes of the Earth's surface in a particular area, as well as understanding how these processes have shaped the present and forecast how the form will change into the future. This study of the form of the Earth's surface, and its past and future dynamism, can be used as a lens through which to add richness to the context of a site. By understanding the processes and rates of change in an area the site can be placed into a longer geomorphological history.
