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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... environmental hazards 2 Global warming Keith Boucher 3 Acid precipitation A.M. Mannion 4 Extreme weather events Rory Walsh 5 Earthquakes and vulcanism David Alexander 6 ... Environmental change and management 10 Water supply and.
... environmental hazards 2 Global warming Keith Boucher 3 Acid precipitation A.M. Mannion 4 Extreme weather events Rory Walsh 5 Earthquakes and vulcanism David Alexander 6 ... Environmental change and management 10 Water supply and.
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... differences 611 612 44.5 Different data models of Norwich , UK 615 44.6 The density gradients of four different facets to urban form , Norwich , UK 616 Boxes 7.2 2.1 Changing attitudes towards global warming 2.2 Carbon xvi FIGURES.
... differences 611 612 44.5 Different data models of Norwich , UK 615 44.6 The density gradients of four different facets to urban form , Norwich , UK 616 Boxes 7.2 2.1 Changing attitudes towards global warming 2.2 Carbon xvi FIGURES.
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Principles and Practice Michael Pacione. Boxes 7.2 2.1 Changing attitudes towards global warming 2.2 Carbon dioxide released from forest fires 2.3 Policies for reducing carbon dioxide 3.1 The reconstruction of lake pH using diatom ...
Principles and Practice Michael Pacione. Boxes 7.2 2.1 Changing attitudes towards global warming 2.2 Carbon dioxide released from forest fires 2.3 Policies for reducing carbon dioxide 3.1 The reconstruction of lake pH using diatom ...
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... climate change on productivity 3.1 Emissions of sulphurous gases for selected countries 3.2 Emissions of nitrous gases for selected countries 3.3 Examples of changes in the pH of lake waters that have occurred since c . 1840 in the UK ...
... climate change on productivity 3.1 Emissions of sulphurous gases for selected countries 3.2 Emissions of nitrous gases for selected countries 3.3 Examples of changes in the pH of lake waters that have occurred since c . 1840 in the UK ...
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Principles and Practice Michael Pacione. 2 Global warming Keith Boucher FIELD OF STUDY AND RELEVANT LITERATURE Global warming is a term that entered the domain of both popular and scientific literature during the 1980s . It is closely ...
Principles and Practice Michael Pacione. 2 Global warming Keith Boucher FIELD OF STUDY AND RELEVANT LITERATURE Global warming is a term that entered the domain of both popular and scientific literature during the 1980s . It is closely ...
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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