Applied Geography: A World PerspectiveAntoine Bailly, Lay James Gibson Springer Science & Business Media, 2004 M08 13 - 320 pages Applied Geography, A World Perspective reviews progress in applied geography in different regions of the world. It does this through the eyes of an international panel of highly regarded academic practitioners. The book offers new prospects on the use of established approaches and explores exciting new territories. Together, the contributors provide a comprehensive picture of applied geography today. This book is of relevance to faculty and graduate students in the fields of geography, planning, public policy, regional science and other related social and behavioural sciences. |
Contents
Managing geography after Y2K | 9 |
The principles and practice of applied geography | 23 |
Historical foundations of applied geography | 47 |
Political geography public policy and the rise of policy analysis | 69 |
The role of geographic information science in applied geography | 95 |
Economic base theory and applied geography | 113 |
Retail location and consumer spatial choice behavior | 133 |
Applied geography in Western and Southern Europe | 151 |
Disability disadvantage and discrimination An overview with special emphasis on blindness in the usa | 213 |
Human Wayfinding | 233 |
International trade | 253 |
Medicometry and regional development | 273 |
Monitoring and benchmarking regional and local performance | 287 |
Applied geography for the future | 305 |
Biographies and fields | 309 |
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Applied geography in Central Europe | 169 |
Applied geography in 20th century North America A perspective | 187 |
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