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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... rates preceding the Abbotsford landslide of 8 August 1979 Tasmania hazard zonation scheme 6.4 Landslide - triggering ... rate due to bronchitis 9.2 Sulphur dioxide levels in Chongqing and Sheffield 9.3 Schematic cross - section through a ...
... rates determine the equilibrium number of species on an island Indices of spatial structure in landscape ecology Densities of larvae of the larch bud moth on larch in Switzerland EIA as a systemic process 15.4 15.5 17.1 18.1 The ...
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... rates , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland , 1988 38.1 Stereotypical characteristics of formal and informal employment 38.2 Percentage of production that is informal in selected developing countries 163 164 166 167 177 193 194 194 ...
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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