ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|116 pages
Natural and environmental hazards
part II|210 pages
Environmental change and management
part III|192 pages
Challenges of the human environment
part IV|83 pages
Techniques of spatial analysis