Applied Geography: Principles and PracticeMichael Pacione Routledge, 2002 M03 11 - 664 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: natural and environmental hazards environmental change and management challenges of the human environment techniques of spatial analysis Applied geography is the application of geographic knowledge and skills to identify the nature and causes of social, economic and environmental problems and inform policies which lead to their resolution. |
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... positive and negative . -2 Tropospheric aerosols - indirect effect Confidence level High Low Low Low Very Low Very Very Very Low Low Low Source : Houghton 1997 . of pollution credits in the USA ( Elsom 1992 ) GLOBAL WARMING 23.
... positive and negative . -2 Tropospheric aerosols - indirect effect Confidence level High Low Low Low Very Low Very Very Very Low Low Low Source : Houghton 1997 . of pollution credits in the USA ( Elsom 1992 ) GLOBAL WARMING 23.
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... Source : Houghton 1997 . place since 1860 , the first from 1910 to 1941 and the second from 1978 to the present ... sources - satellites ( MSU ) , radiosondes ( from Parker and Cox 1995 ) and surface air temperatures ( see Figure ...
... Source : Houghton 1997 . place since 1860 , the first from 1910 to 1941 and the second from 1978 to the present ... sources - satellites ( MSU ) , radiosondes ( from Parker and Cox 1995 ) and surface air temperatures ( see Figure ...
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... source People affected Land affected People in millions % of total China 72 7 35,000 Bangladesh 71 60 25,000 17.5 Japan 15 15 2,300 0.6 The Netherlands 10 67 2,165 5.9 India 7.1 1 5,800 0.4 Egypt 4.7 9 5,800 1.0 Nigeria 3.2 4 18,600 2.0 ...
... source People affected Land affected People in millions % of total China 72 7 35,000 Bangladesh 71 60 25,000 17.5 Japan 15 15 2,300 0.6 The Netherlands 10 67 2,165 5.9 India 7.1 1 5,800 0.4 Egypt 4.7 9 5,800 1.0 Nigeria 3.2 4 18,600 2.0 ...
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Principles and Practice Michael Pacione. Estimated carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere ( sources : various Nature and IPCC ) mostly 1996 Gigatonnes carbon dioxide SO2 is emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources and ...
Principles and Practice Michael Pacione. Estimated carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere ( sources : various Nature and IPCC ) mostly 1996 Gigatonnes carbon dioxide SO2 is emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources and ...
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... sources , among which fossil fuels are the most important . The phenomenon of acid precipitation was first ... source areas such as the industrial regions of Europe and the UK and its transport to and deposition in far distant ...
... sources , among which fossil fuels are the most important . The phenomenon of acid precipitation was first ... source areas such as the industrial regions of Europe and the UK and its transport to and deposition in far distant ...
Contents
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 |
Place index | 621 |
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