Applied Geography: Principles and Practice: An Introduction to Useful Research in Physical, Environmental and Human Geography

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Plates x
• Figures xii
• Boxes xvii
• Tables xx
• Preface xxvi
• Acknowledgements xxviii
• Introduction 1
• 1 - In Pursuit of Useful Knowledge: The Principles and Practice of Applied Geography 3
• Part I - Natural and Environmental Hazards 19
• 2 - Global Warming 21
• 3 - Acid Precipitation 36
• 4 - Extreme Weather Events 51
• 5 - Earthquakes and Vulcanism 66
• 6 - Landslides 83
• 7 - Floods 95
• 8 - Coastal Erosion 109
• 9 - Physical Problems of the Urban Environment 124
• Part II - Environmental Change and Management 135
• 10 - Water Supply and Management 137
• 11 - Water Quality and Pollution 152
• 12 - Irrigation 172
• 13 - Desertification 188
• 14 - Deforestation 200
• References 218
• 15 - Maintaining Biodiversity 222
• 16 - Landscape Evaluation 236
• 17 - Environmental Impact Assessment 246
• 18 - Countryside Recreation Management 257
• 19 - The De-Intensification of European Agriculture 274
• 20 - Wetlands Conservation 288
• References 299
• 21 - Land-Use Conflict at the Urban Fringe 301
• 22 - Derelict and Vacant Land 309
• 23 - Sustainable Tourism 321
• 24 - Townscape Conservation 333
• Part III - Challenges of the Human Environment 345
• 25 - Urbanisation and Counterurbanisation 347
• 26 - Boundary Disputes 358
• 27 - Political Spaces and Representation within the State 375
• 28 - Housing Problems in the Developed World 390
• 29 - The Geography of Poverty and Deprivation 400
• 30 - Segregation and Discrimination 414
• 31 - Socio-Spatial Variations in Health 425
• 32 - Crime and Fear of Crime 438
• 33 - Retail Location Analysis 450
• 34 - Urban Transport and Traffic Problems 463
• 35 - Rural Accessibility and Transport 474
• 36 - City Marketing as a Planning Tool 486
• 37 - Low-Income Shelter in the Third World City 497
• 38 - Informal Sector Activity in the Third World City 509
• 39 - HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Exclusion and the Third World 528
• Part IV - Techniques of Spatial Analysis 537
• 40 - Gis, Remote Sensing and the Problem of Environmental Change 539
• 41 - Cartography: from Traditional to Electronic and beyond 556
• 42 - Geodemographics, Marketing and Retail Location 577
• 43 - Global Positioning Systems as a Practical Fieldwork Tool: Applications in Mountain Environments 593
• 44 - Computer Simulation and Modelling of Urban Structure and Development 605
• Place Index 621
• Subject Index 626

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