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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... England and Wales, 1981–97; and distribution of substantiated pollution incidents in 1997 classified by type and source 12.1 Crosssection andplan ofa qanat 12.2Worldgrowth of irrigated land 12.3 Irrigated area and water use in the USA 12.4.
... England and Wales, 1981–97; and distribution of substantiated pollution incidents in 1997 classified by type and source 12.1 Crosssection andplan ofa qanat 12.2Worldgrowth of irrigated land 12.3 Irrigated area and water use in the USA 12.4.
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... Land values around a city and the effect of urban expansion on land values 21.2Urban edge land uses, Lancaster 22.1Derelict land inEngland in 1993, by type of derelictionand by county 22.2 Theregional distribution of derelict and vacant ...
... Land values around a city and the effect of urban expansion on land values 21.2Urban edge land uses, Lancaster 22.1Derelict land inEngland in 1993, by type of derelictionand by county 22.2 Theregional distribution of derelict and vacant ...
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... land uses in the River Irwell floodplain 7.3 Economic appraisal of alternative flood alleviation standards for the River Irwell 8.1 Average rates of surface elevation change, 1995–7, outside and inside the managed retreat site at ...
... land uses in the River Irwell floodplain 7.3 Economic appraisal of alternative flood alleviation standards for the River Irwell 8.1 Average rates of surface elevation change, 1995–7, outside and inside the managed retreat site at ...
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... Land Utilisation Surveyof Britain, organisedby Stamp. In the field ofwater resource management, between 1935and 1938, H.Barrows drew upplans for the distribution of user rightsto the watersof the upper RioGrande between the states of ...
... Land Utilisation Surveyof Britain, organisedby Stamp. In the field ofwater resource management, between 1935and 1938, H.Barrows drew upplans for the distribution of user rightsto the watersof the upper RioGrande between the states of ...
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... land classification systemfor the state of Michigan. Theterms 'pure' and 'applied' are best seen asthe endsof a continuum rather thanunrelated polar opposites. APPLIED. GEOGRAPHY: PROSPECTIVE. Thepractical value of the applied ...
... land classification systemfor the state of Michigan. Theterms 'pure' and 'applied' are best seen asthe endsof a continuum rather thanunrelated polar opposites. APPLIED. GEOGRAPHY: PROSPECTIVE. Thepractical value of the applied ...
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