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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... rural change in the UK 26.1 FranceUK continental shelf 26.2 CanadaUSA Gulf of Maine maritime boundary 26.3ChadLibya boundary inthe Sahara 26.4ArgentinaChile boundary in thesouthern Andes 27.1Redistricting Sheffield 27.2 Redistricting ...
... rural change in the UK 26.1 FranceUK continental shelf 26.2 CanadaUSA Gulf of Maine maritime boundary 26.3ChadLibya boundary inthe Sahara 26.4ArgentinaChile boundary in thesouthern Andes 27.1Redistricting Sheffield 27.2 Redistricting ...
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... rural Wales 35.3 The timespace approach to accessibility at the local level 35.4 Rural mobility in Northern Ireland 36.1 Carlisle: dealing with peripherality 36.2Malaga: dealing with the citizenry 37.1 Theassessment of housing ...
... rural Wales 35.3 The timespace approach to accessibility at the local level 35.4 Rural mobility in Northern Ireland 36.1 Carlisle: dealing with peripherality 36.2Malaga: dealing with the citizenry 37.1 Theassessment of housing ...
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... rural areasin both developedand developing countries. Problems ofhousing, poverty, crime,transport,ill health, sociospatial segregation anddiscrimination havebeen the subjectofintense investigation, whileother topicsunder examination ...
... rural areasin both developedand developing countries. Problems ofhousing, poverty, crime,transport,ill health, sociospatial segregation anddiscrimination havebeen the subjectofintense investigation, whileother topicsunder examination ...
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... rural and urban environments. Indeed,emissions in citiescanbe particularly high because of intensemotortraffic. The impairment, in effect aform ofweathering, of important urban buildings and monumentsis apparent in many of theworld's ...
... rural and urban environments. Indeed,emissions in citiescanbe particularly high because of intensemotortraffic. The impairment, in effect aform ofweathering, of important urban buildings and monumentsis apparent in many of theworld's ...
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