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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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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