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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... River Irwell floodplain 7.3 Economic appraisal of alternative flood alleviation standards for the River Irwell 8.1 Average rates of surface elevation change, 1995–7, outside and inside the managed retreat site at Tollesbury Fleet, ...
... River Irwell floodplain 7.3 Economic appraisal of alternative flood alleviation standards for the River Irwell 8.1 Average rates of surface elevation change, 1995–7, outside and inside the managed retreat site at Tollesbury Fleet, ...
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Such issues constitute thecore of applied geography—which may be defined as the applicationof geographic knowledge and skills to the resolutionof social, economic and environmental problems. It isimportant atthe outset to identify the ...
Such issues constitute thecore of applied geography—which may be defined as the applicationof geographic knowledge and skills to the resolutionof social, economic and environmental problems. It isimportant atthe outset to identify the ...
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Taylor (1985) equatedthese cycles with the long waves of the world economy, and identified three periods in which applied ... bytwoperiods of pure geography (inthe early twentiethcentury and during thepost1945 economic boom)(Table 1.1).
Taylor (1985) equatedthese cycles with the long waves of the world economy, and identified three periods in which applied ... bytwoperiods of pure geography (inthe early twentiethcentury and during thepost1945 economic boom)(Table 1.1).
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... the methodologies employed, all are moving towards thegoal of enhancing human wellbeing,guided bythe shared philosophy ofthe pursuit of useful knowledge forthe resolutionof contemporary social, economic and environmental problems.
... the methodologies employed, all are moving towards thegoal of enhancing human wellbeing,guided bythe shared philosophy ofthe pursuit of useful knowledge forthe resolutionof contemporary social, economic and environmental problems.
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Applied geographers with a particular interest inthe built environment have,in recent decades, directed considerable research attention to thegamut of social, economic and environmental problems that confront the populationsof urban and ...
Applied geographers with a particular interest inthe built environment have,in recent decades, directed considerable research attention to thegamut of social, economic and environmental problems that confront the populationsof urban and ...
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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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