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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... on town centre vitality and viability 34.1 Stages in the urban transportation planning process 34.2 The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system 34.3 TheManchester Metrolink light rail system 35.1Accessibility tomotorable roads, ...
... on town centre vitality and viability 34.1 Stages in the urban transportation planning process 34.2 The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system 34.3 TheManchester Metrolink light rail system 35.1Accessibility tomotorable roads, ...
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... Approaches to planning for leisure 18.2 The recreation opportunities spectrum 18.3 Multiauthority collaboration in the Dartmoor Area Tourism Initiative 19.1Agrienvironmental programmes in Switzerland 19.2Other gainful activities in ...
... Approaches to planning for leisure 18.2 The recreation opportunities spectrum 18.3 Multiauthority collaboration in the Dartmoor Area Tourism Initiative 19.1Agrienvironmental programmes in Switzerland 19.2Other gainful activities in ...
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Generally, social engineering, suchasthat attempted inthe neighbourhood planning of the early postwar British newtowns, hasbeen discredited asboth ineffective and ethically unacceptable. Positivist science, although of continuing value ...
Generally, social engineering, suchasthat attempted inthe neighbourhood planning of the early postwar British newtowns, hasbeen discredited asboth ineffective and ethically unacceptable. Positivist science, although of continuing value ...
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... goals achievement matrix, planning for real exercises) communication techniques – to present recommendations lucidly and succinctly to interest groups, including decision makers, professionals and the general public (e.g. tabular, ...
... goals achievement matrix, planning for real exercises) communication techniques – to present recommendations lucidly and succinctly to interest groups, including decision makers, professionals and the general public (e.g. tabular, ...
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... who was boththe founding fatherof planning andan advocate and exponent of applied geography basedonhis dictum of'survey before action'. Thescope of applied geography was broadenedby 'actionoriented' research undertaken inthe1930s in ...
... who was boththe founding fatherof planning andan advocate and exponent of applied geography basedonhis dictum of'survey before action'. Thescope of applied geography was broadenedby 'actionoriented' research undertaken inthe1930s in ...
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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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