Applied Geography: Principles and PracticeMichael Pacione Routledge, 2002 M03 11 - 664 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: 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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... species diversity 15.2The relationship between local populations and metapopulation 15.3Immigration and extinction rates determine the equilibrium number ofspecies on an island 15.4 Indices of spatial structure in landscape ecology 15.5 ...
... species diversity 15.2The relationship between local populations and metapopulation 15.3Immigration and extinction rates determine the equilibrium number ofspecies on an island 15.4 Indices of spatial structure in landscape ecology 15.5 ...
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... species status of the green frog 15.2 Social forestry in the Western Ghats of India 16.1 World systems of landscape designation 16.2 CannockChase CountryPark, Staffordshire, England 16.3Yorkshire Dales National Park UK 17.1 ...
... species status of the green frog 15.2 Social forestry in the Western Ghats of India 16.1 World systems of landscape designation 16.2 CannockChase CountryPark, Staffordshire, England 16.3Yorkshire Dales National Park UK 17.1 ...
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... species on Earth; 2. itsbeing a pleasant and worthy recreation tostudy theregions of theEarth and their properties; and 3. 'its remarkableutility and necessity, since neither theologians, nor medical men,nor lawyers, nor historians,nor ...
... species on Earth; 2. itsbeing a pleasant and worthy recreation tostudy theregions of theEarth and their properties; and 3. 'its remarkableutility and necessity, since neither theologians, nor medical men,nor lawyers, nor historians,nor ...
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... species and biome adjustment toa changing climatic environment. Webb (1986)has posed thequestion as to whether ... species maydie back before betteradapted species are established. Such a transient hysteresis effectin vegetation ...
... species and biome adjustment toa changing climatic environment. Webb (1986)has posed thequestion as to whether ... species maydie back before betteradapted species are established. Such a transient hysteresis effectin vegetation ...
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... species diminish with increasing acidification,which reducestheir reproductive success. Moreover, fishkills maybe caused whensurges ofacidified water occasioned by cloud bursts orrapid meltsofwinter snowfall occur.The indirecteffectsof ...
... species diminish with increasing acidification,which reducestheir reproductive success. Moreover, fishkills maybe caused whensurges ofacidified water occasioned by cloud bursts orrapid meltsofwinter snowfall occur.The indirecteffectsof ...
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