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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... Zanzibar 25.1Urbanisation and ruralurban migration in India 25.2 'Guest workers' in Western Europe 25.3 Suburbanisation and central city decline in the USA 25.4 Counterurbanisation and rural change in the UK 26.1 FranceUK ...
... Zanzibar 25.1Urbanisation and ruralurban migration in India 25.2 'Guest workers' in Western Europe 25.3 Suburbanisation and central city decline in the USA 25.4 Counterurbanisation and rural change in the UK 26.1 FranceUK ...
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34.4 Manchester: the introduction of light rail transit to a British conurbation 35.1 The measurement of accessibility in the developing world 35.2 Localscale access demands in rural Wales 35.3 The timespace approach to accessibility at ...
34.4 Manchester: the introduction of light rail transit to a British conurbation 35.1 The measurement of accessibility in the developing world 35.2 Localscale access demands in rural Wales 35.3 The timespace approach to accessibility at ...
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... environment have,in recent decades, directed considerable research attention to thegamut of social, economic and environmental problems that confront the populationsof urban and rural areasin both developedand developing countries.
... environment have,in recent decades, directed considerable research attention to thegamut of social, economic and environmental problems that confront the populationsof urban and rural areasin both developedand developing countries.
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Acid emissions do not discriminate between rural and urban environments. Indeed,emissions in citiescanbe particularly high because of intensemotortraffic. The impairment, in effect aform ofweathering, of important urban buildings and ...
Acid emissions do not discriminate between rural and urban environments. Indeed,emissions in citiescanbe particularly high because of intensemotortraffic. The impairment, in effect aform ofweathering, of important urban buildings 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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