Applied Geography: Principles and Practice

ISBN 10: 0415182689 / ISBN 13: 9780415182683

Published by Routledge, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Applied Geography: Principles and Practice
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415182689
• ISBN 13: 9780415182683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

The editor of this volume, Michael Pacione, is Professor of Geography at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK