Applied Geography: Principles and Practice : an Introduction to Useful Research in Physical, Environmental and Human GeographyMichael Pacione Psychology Press, 1999 - 632 pages Applied Geography offers an invaluable introduction to useful research in physical, environmental and human geography and provides a new focus and reference point for investigating and understanding problem-orientated research. Forty-nine leading experts in the field introduce and explore research which crosses the traditional boundary between physical and human geography. A wide range of key issues and contemporary debates are within the books main sections, which cover: |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 91
... assessment John Blunden 18 Countryside recreation management Guy Robinson Brian Ilbery 19 The de - intensification of European agriculture 20 Wetlands conservation Max Wade and Elena Lopez - Gunn 21 Land - use conflict at the urban ...
... assessment 6.2 7.1 Increased coastal flood hazard in Venice , Italy House raising as a flood alleviation strategy 26 31 32 45 46 60 61 71 74 86 90 96 100 7.3 The Czech , Polish and German floods in 1997 104 8.1 Coastal classification ...
... assessment in Brazil 17.2 EIA - Differences in attitude and practice : Norway and Estonia compared 17.3 The EU and EIA initiatives 251 252 254 18.1 Approaches to planning for leisure 260 18.2 The recreation opportunities spectrum 265 ...
... assessment of housing conditions 37.2 The critical assessment of housing policies and housing issues 38.1 Aspects of the gender division of labour in a Nairobi shanty town Life expectancy and HIV / AIDS 39.2 The HIV / AIDS epidemic in ...
... assessment 18.1 The rural tourism planning and management process 18.2 Problems and solutions for recreation planning in the UK 18.3 Access mechanisms and ideology 18.4 Potential income streams from recreational facilities 19.1 ...
Contents
Global warming | 21 |
Boxes | 25 |
Plates | 28 |
Acid precipitation | 36 |
develop problems in the future | 41 |
Extreme weather events | 51 |
Earthquakes and vulcanism | 66 |
the auspices of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction | 68 |
Sustainable tourism | 321 |
Townscape conservation | 333 |
Urbanisation and counterurbanisation | 347 |
Boundary disputes | 358 |
Political spaces and representation within the state | 375 |
Accord | 383 |
Housing problems in the developed world | 390 |
The geography of poverty and deprivation | 400 |
4 | 74 |
Landslides | 83 |
2 | 86 |
2 | 97 |
Coastal erosion | 109 |
Physical problems of the urban environment | 124 |
1 | 125 |
Water supply and management | 137 |
2 | 176 |
7 | 182 |
1 | 189 |
Wetlands conservation | 288 |
Landuse conflict at the urban fringe | 301 |
Derelict and vacant land | 309 |
Segregation and discrimination | 414 |
Crime and fear of crime | 438 |
Retail location analysis | 450 |
Urban transport and traffic problems | 463 |
Rural accessibility and transport | 474 |
City marketing as a planning tool | 486 |
Lowincome shelter in the third world city | 497 |
GIS remote sensing and the problem of environmental change | 539 |
from traditional to electronic and beyond | 556 |
Geodemographics marketing and retail location | 577 |
applications in mountain | 593 |
Computer simulation and modelling of urban structure and development | 605 |
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