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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... tourist destination 23.2 Torremolinos: after development as a tourist destination 24.1 Interwar speculative semiattached suburbia conserved: Hall Green, Birmingham 24.2 The market square in Bamberg, Germany 24.3 Pedestrianisation of ...
... tourist destination 23.2 Torremolinos: after development as a tourist destination 24.1 Interwar speculative semiattached suburbia conserved: Hall Green, Birmingham 24.2 The market square in Bamberg, Germany 24.3 Pedestrianisation of ...
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... tourist destination 24.1 Little Germany conservation area, Bradford 24.2 Key conserved buildings in Zanzibar 25.1 Net withinBritain migration, 1990–1, by district types 26.1 The ZaireAngola boundary in the Zaire River, 1960 and 1977 ...
... tourist destination 24.1 Little Germany conservation area, Bradford 24.2 Key conserved buildings in Zanzibar 25.1 Net withinBritain migration, 1990–1, by district types 26.1 The ZaireAngola boundary in the Zaire River, 1960 and 1977 ...
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... Tourism Initiative 19.1Agrienvironmental programmes in Switzerland 19.2Other gainful activities in France 19.3Speciality food products in England 20.1 Aclassification of wetland habitats 20.2 Views of wetlands: past and present 20.3 The ...
... Tourism Initiative 19.1Agrienvironmental programmes in Switzerland 19.2Other gainful activities in France 19.3Speciality food products in England 20.1 Aclassification of wetland habitats 20.2 Views of wetlands: past and present 20.3 The ...
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... tourism 23.3 Green viruses in the Caribbean 23.4 Ecotourism in Belize 24.1Industrial heritage problems: Little Germany, Bradford,UK 24.2Defining 'character' as applied to UK conservationareas 24.3Colonial heritage problems in Stone Town ...
... tourism 23.3 Green viruses in the Caribbean 23.4 Ecotourism in Belize 24.1Industrial heritage problems: Little Germany, Bradford,UK 24.2Defining 'character' as applied to UK conservationareas 24.3Colonial heritage problems in Stone Town ...
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... tourism planning and management process 18.2 Problems and solutionsfor recreationplanning intheUK 18.3Access mechanismsand ideology 18.4Potential incomestreams from recreational facilities 19.1 Secondary consequences of productivist.
... tourism planning and management process 18.2 Problems and solutionsfor recreationplanning intheUK 18.3Access mechanismsand ideology 18.4Potential incomestreams from recreational facilities 19.1 Secondary consequences of productivist.
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