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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... patterns of longevity and deprivationin England 31.2Social disintegration and the geographyof AIDSin the Bronx, NewYork 32.1Case study: domestic burglary 32.2 The Garths Crime Reduction Scheme 32.3 Spatial paradoxes in crime and fear of ...
... patterns of longevity and deprivationin England 31.2Social disintegration and the geographyof AIDSin the Bronx, NewYork 32.1Case study: domestic burglary 32.2 The Garths Crime Reduction Scheme 32.3 Spatial paradoxes in crime and fear of ...
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... patterns is used to advancea critiqueof government policy(Pacione 1990). VALUES. IN. APPLIED. GEOGRAPHY. At eachstage of the research process, the applied geographeris facedwith a number ofmethodological and ethical questions. Decisions are ...
... patterns is used to advancea critiqueof government policy(Pacione 1990). VALUES. IN. APPLIED. GEOGRAPHY. At eachstage of the research process, the applied geographeris facedwith a number ofmethodological and ethical questions. Decisions are ...
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... patterns. They seeno reason toconclude from thehistorical record that especially large changes arelikely in the nextfew decades. (Cabinet Office 1980) Thebalance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate ...
... patterns. They seeno reason toconclude from thehistorical record that especially large changes arelikely in the nextfew decades. (Cabinet Office 1980) Thebalance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate ...
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... patterns. While there have been numerousstudies of plantmetabolism under enhanced CO2, geographers arerather more interestedinthe redistribution of species and biome adjustment toa changing climatic environment. Webb (1986)has posed ...
... patterns. While there have been numerousstudies of plantmetabolism under enhanced CO2, geographers arerather more interestedinthe redistribution of species and biome adjustment toa changing climatic environment. Webb (1986)has posed ...
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... patterns. Changes are also likelyin hydrological systems, agricultural practices, associated economic activities, energy optionsand impact assessments. Policies needtobe putinplace to mitigate the worsteffectsof global warming. Someof ...
... patterns. Changes are also likelyin hydrological systems, agricultural practices, associated economic activities, energy optionsand impact assessments. Policies needtobe putinplace to mitigate the worsteffectsof global warming. Someof ...
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