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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... Wetlands conservation Max Wade and Elena Lopez - Gunn 21 Land - use conflict at the urban fringe Gordon Clark 22 Derelict and vacant land Philip Kivell 23 Sustainable tourism Lesley France 24 Townscape conservation Peter Larkham Part ...
... Wetlands conservation Max Wade and Elena Lopez - Gunn 21 Land - use conflict at the urban fringe Gordon Clark 22 Derelict and vacant land Philip Kivell 23 Sustainable tourism Lesley France 24 Townscape conservation Peter Larkham Part ...
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... wetlands Percentage of wetland area lost in the USA between the 1780s and 1980s Land values around a city and the effect of urban expansion on land values 21.2 Urban edge land uses , Lancaster 21.1 22.2 22.1 Derelict land in England in ...
... wetlands Percentage of wetland area lost in the USA between the 1780s and 1980s Land values around a city and the effect of urban expansion on land values 21.2 Urban edge land uses , Lancaster 21.1 22.2 22.1 Derelict land in England in ...
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... wetland habitats 20.2 Views of wetlands : past and present 288 290 20.3 The Ramsar Convention 292 20.4 Conversion of natural floodplain to agricultural land , northern Nigeria 293 20.5 An institutional framework recommended for wetland ...
... wetland habitats 20.2 Views of wetlands : past and present 288 290 20.3 The Ramsar Convention 292 20.4 Conversion of natural floodplain to agricultural land , northern Nigeria 293 20.5 An institutional framework recommended for wetland ...
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... wetlands 20.2 Water transferred from the Tagus - Segura and received in the Tablas de Daimiel National Park 22.1 Derelict land by type in England , April 1993 23.1 Characteristics of sustainable tourism and approaches to their ...
... wetlands 20.2 Water transferred from the Tagus - Segura and received in the Tablas de Daimiel National Park 22.1 Derelict land by type in England , April 1993 23.1 Characteristics of sustainable tourism and approaches to their ...
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... wetland and townscape conservation . Applied geographers with a particular interest in the built environment have , in recent decades , directed considerable research attention to the gamut of social , economic and environmental ...
... wetland and townscape conservation . Applied geographers with a particular interest in the built environment have , in recent decades , directed considerable research attention to the gamut of social , economic and environmental ...
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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