Applied Geography: Principles and PracticeApplied 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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The failureofapplied geography toexerta major influence onsocial policy, however, doesnot signal the failure of applied geography topromote any significant improvement in human wellbeing, which, aswehave seen, canbe achievedby means ...
The failureofapplied geography toexerta major influence onsocial policy, however, doesnot signal the failure of applied geography topromote any significant improvement in human wellbeing, which, aswehave seen, canbe achievedby means ...
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GWPisthen used asabasis for 'tradeoffs' in whichthe increase of the GWPof onegas canbe offset against a similarreduction inthe GWP ofanother gas (see Box 2.3). This isvery similar to the 'bubble' principle of pollution credits inthe USA ...
GWPisthen used asabasis for 'tradeoffs' in whichthe increase of the GWPof onegas canbe offset against a similarreduction inthe GWP ofanother gas (see Box 2.3). This isvery similar to the 'bubble' principle of pollution credits inthe USA ...
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Moreover,where they are intheimmediate hinterlandof heavily industrialised areas, ecological damage canbe considerable. Thisis exemplifiedby blanket peats in the Pennines of theUK. According toLee's (1998) review, thearea of peatland ...
Moreover,where they are intheimmediate hinterlandof heavily industrialised areas, ecological damage canbe considerable. Thisis exemplifiedby blanket peats in the Pennines of theUK. According toLee's (1998) review, thearea of peatland ...
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| Title | Applied Geography: Principles and Practice |
| Editor | Michael Pacione |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1134672667, 9781134672660 |
| Length | 664 pages |
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