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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... centre - pivot irrigation system , southern Spain 12.1 12.2 14.1 Traditional irrigated agriculture along the Zayandel River in Iran The first stages in a complex fuelwood supply chain in Pakistan A ridge - top village in northern Yemen ...
... centre - pivot irrigation system , southern Spain 12.1 12.2 14.1 Traditional irrigated agriculture along the Zayandel River in Iran The first stages in a complex fuelwood supply chain in Pakistan A ridge - top village in northern Yemen ...
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... Centre , built on derelict land in Glasgow Festival Park , Stoke - on - Trent 312 316 23.1 Torremolinos : before development as a tourist destination 322 23.2 Torremolinos : after development as a tourist destination 322 24.2 24.1 Inter ...
... Centre , built on derelict land in Glasgow Festival Park , Stoke - on - Trent 312 316 23.1 Torremolinos : before development as a tourist destination 322 23.2 Torremolinos : after development as a tourist destination 322 24.2 24.1 Inter ...
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... centre and its impacts 447 452 459 465 468 34.4 35.1 36.2 Malaga : dealing with the citizenry 38.2 Street traders in Mexico City 39.1 34.3 Singapore : achieving a compromise between public and private urban travel Manchester : the ...
... centre and its impacts 447 452 459 465 468 34.4 35.1 36.2 Malaga : dealing with the citizenry 38.2 Street traders in Mexico City 39.1 34.3 Singapore : achieving a compromise between public and private urban travel Manchester : the ...
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... Centre , Middlesex University , Queensway , Enfield , EN3 4SF , UK . Professor David Phillips , Department of Geography , Nottingham University , University Park , Nottingham , NG7 2RD , UK . Professor Rob Potter , Department of ...
... Centre , Middlesex University , Queensway , Enfield , EN3 4SF , UK . Professor David Phillips , Department of Geography , Nottingham University , University Park , Nottingham , NG7 2RD , UK . Professor Rob Potter , Department of ...
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... Centre for Climate Prediction and Research . UK Meteorological Office . http : // www.meto.govt.uk/sec5/sec5pg1.html ( see ' Global Warming Gallery ' ) Web sites elsewhere in the world include ( links to other sites usually listed ) ...
... Centre for Climate Prediction and Research . UK Meteorological Office . http : // www.meto.govt.uk/sec5/sec5pg1.html ( see ' Global Warming Gallery ' ) Web sites elsewhere in the world include ( links to other sites usually listed ) ...
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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