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: |
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... conservation Max Wade and Elena Lopez - Gunn 21 Land - use conflict at the urban fringe Gordon Clark 22 Derelict and vacant land Philip Kivell 23 Sustainable tourism Lesley France 24 Townscape conservation Peter Larkham Part III ...
... conservation area , Bradford 25.1 Net within - Britain migration , 1990-1 , by district types 26.1 The Zaire - Angola boundary in the Zaire River , 1960 and 1977 26.3 26.2 Some geographical causes of international stress along state ...
... conservation in Zimbabwe 21.1 Los Angeles 294 302 21.2 London 304 21.3 Lancaster 305 21.4 Lagos 307 22.1 Dereliction and reclamation in northeast France 311 22.2 Birmingham Heartlands 317 23.1 The rise and decline of a resort ...
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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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