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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First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition ...
First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition ...
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... block demolition, Clapton Park Estate, Hackney, London 391 28.2 The Holly Street Estate, Hackney, London 394 29.1 The McDonald's Farm squatter camp in Soweto, South Africa 402 29.2 The modern equivalent of 'bread and circuses'?
... block demolition, Clapton Park Estate, Hackney, London 391 28.2 The Holly Street Estate, Hackney, London 394 29.1 The McDonald's Farm squatter camp in Soweto, South Africa 402 29.2 The modern equivalent of 'bread and circuses'?
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| Title | Applied Geography: Principles and Practice |
| Editor | Michael Pacione |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1134672675, 9781134672677 |
| Length | 664 pages |
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