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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... natural' phenomenasuch asacidprecipitation, landslides andflooding. Key issuesof environmental change and managementalso represent a focus for applied geographicalresearch, with significantcontributions beingmade in relation toa ...
... natural' phenomenasuch asacidprecipitation, landslides andflooding. Key issuesof environmental change and managementalso represent a focus for applied geographicalresearch, with significantcontributions beingmade in relation toa ...
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... natural' greenhouse effect occurs because some of the gases present in the atmosphereare largely transparent to incoming solar radiation but not to outgoing radiation, whichispartially absorbed by watervapour, and the threemain ...
... natural' greenhouse effect occurs because some of the gases present in the atmosphereare largely transparent to incoming solar radiation but not to outgoing radiation, whichispartially absorbed by watervapour, and the threemain ...
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... natural atmosphereocean component has an annual throughput of about 90 Gt, while the biosphereatmosphere cyclehas an annual throughput of about100 Gt. Both show a small butsignificanttotal netlossto the atmosphere of 3.7Gt.The total ...
... natural atmosphereocean component has an annual throughput of about 90 Gt, while the biosphereatmosphere cyclehas an annual throughput of about100 Gt. Both show a small butsignificanttotal netlossto the atmosphere of 3.7Gt.The total ...
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... natural greenhouse effect amountstoabout 33°Cif clouds, which actasradiation 'blankets', areincluded inthe calculations(Houghton 1997). The theoretical surface temperaturehas been calculated to be—18°Cbased ona30 percent valuefor the ...
... natural greenhouse effect amountstoabout 33°Cif clouds, which actasradiation 'blankets', areincluded inthe calculations(Houghton 1997). The theoretical surface temperaturehas been calculated to be—18°Cbased ona30 percent valuefor the ...
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... natural changes insolar output from 1850 to the present (IPCC WGI1996).The first column portrays thesummed effect ofcarbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxideand the halocarbons (CFCs). The radiative forcing is about 2.6 Wm 2or 0.8°C,with ...
... natural changes insolar output from 1850 to the present (IPCC WGI1996).The first column portrays thesummed effect ofcarbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxideand the halocarbons (CFCs). The radiative forcing is about 2.6 Wm 2or 0.8°C,with ...
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