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 73
... pollution Bruce Webb 12 Irrigation Peter Beaumont 13 Desertification Andrew Millington 14 Deforestation Martin Haigh 15 Maintaining biodiversity Nick Brown 16 Landscape evaluation Rosemary Burton 17 Environmental impact assessment John ...
... pollution 3.4 Areas currently experiencing problems due to acid precipitation and areas likely to develop problems in the future 4.2 Maps of the cyclone hazard in the South China Sea area 11 122 23 25 27 31 37 38 39 41 4.1 A ...
... pollution incidents in England and Wales , 1981–97 ; and distribution of substantiated pollution incidents in 1997 classified by type and source Cross - section and plan of a qanat 165 175 12.2 World growth of irrigated land 176 12.3 ...
... pollution by smoke and sulphur dioxide : Sheffield , UK , in the 1950s and 1960s ; and Chongqing , China , in the 1980s and 1990s 126 9.2 Subsidence beneath Kuala Lumpur , Malayasia 132 10.1 Managing risk at Cod Beck Reservoir 143 10.2 ...
... pollution incident categories 11.8 Recent legislation affecting water policy in England and Wales 12.1 World irrigation by country , 1995 13.1 Household fuel use for the northern governorates of Yemen , 1998 13.2 Dryland areas in the ...
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 |
621 | |