Applied Geography: Principles and Practice : an Introduction to Useful Research in Physical, Environmental and Human GeographyMichael Pacione Psychology Press, 1999 - 632 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: |
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... Boundary disputes 358 Gerald Blake 27 Political spaces and representation within the state Ron Johnston 375 28 Housing problems in the developed world 390 Keith Jacobs 29 The geography of poverty and deprivation Michael Pacione 30 ...
... boundary positions with varying wave approach , Magilligan Point , Northern Ireland 9.2 Sulphur dioxide levels in Chongqing and Sheffield Stylised operation of the water industry 74 78 85 87 90 92 96 98 99 101 105 111 112 113 116 119 ...
... boundary 26.6 The Argentine - Chile boundary in the southern Andes 26.7 The China - India boundary dispute 26.8 The Saudi Arabia - Yemen boundary dispute 26.9 The Greece - Turkey dispute in the Aegean Sea 26.10 The Cambodia - Thailand ...
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Contents
the principles and practice of applied geography | 3 |
3223 | 11 |
Natural and environmental hazards 2 Global warming 1920 | 21 |
3 | 23 |
2 | 29 |
Acid precipitation | 36 |
1 | 37 |
Extreme weather events | 51 |
Landuse conflict at the urban fringe | 301 |
Derelict and vacant land | 309 |
Sustainable tourism | 321 |
Townscape conservation | 333 |
Urbanisation and counterurbanisation | 347 |
Boundary disputes | 358 |
Political spaces and representation within the state | 375 |
Accord | 383 |
A classification of extreme weather and weatherrelated events | 52 |
2 | 57 |
6 | 60 |
Earthquakes and vulcanism | 66 |
3 | 67 |
Landslides | 83 |
1 | 86 |
3 | 89 |
Floods | 95 |
2 | 97 |
མ ཆེ ཚཚོང མ | 113 |
Physical problems of the urban environment | 124 |
The decline in smoke sulphur dioxide and lead in the air in Greater Manchester | 125 |
Schematic crosssection through a buried karst plain such as that underlying part | 132 |
Water supply and management | 137 |
2 | 156 |
1 | 164 |
118 | 171 |
161 | 287 |
Wetlands conservation | 288 |
Housing problems in the developed world | 390 |
The geography of poverty and deprivation | 400 |
165 | 413 |
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 |
175 | 495 |
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 |
do they live? | 585 |
applications in mountain | 593 |
Computer simulation and modelling of urban structure and development | 605 |
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Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives Martin Purvis,Alan Grainger Limited preview - 2004 |