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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... Landscape evaluation Rosemary Burton 17 Environmental impact assessment John Blunden 18 Countryside recreation management Guy Robinson Brian Ilbery 19 The de - intensification of European agriculture 20 Wetlands conservation Max Wade ...
... landscape 86 100 110 118 128 129 141 173 176 189 191 204 205 227 233 241 16.3 Kata Tjuta in Uluru National Park , Northern Territory , Australia 16.2 Landscapes of the south west New Zealand World Heritage area , South Island , New ...
... landscape ecology Densities of larvae of the larch bud moth on larch in Switzerland EIA as a systemic process 15.4 ... landscapes , Murton Grange , North Yorkshire Moors National Park Off - farm OGAs in selected regions of Western Europe ...
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... 232 16.1 World systems of landscape designation 237 16.2 Cannock Chase Country Park , Staffordshire , England 16.3 Yorkshire Dales National Park , UK 241 243 17.1 Environmental impact assessment in Brazil 17.2 EIA - Differences.
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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