Applied Geography: A World Perspective

✍ Scribed by Antoines Bailly, Lay James Gibson (auth.), Antoine Bailly, Lay James Gibson (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 313
Series: GeoJournal Library 77
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Applied Geography, A World Perspective reviews progress in applied geography in different regions of the world. It does this through the eyes of an international panel of highly regarded academic practitioners. The book offers new prospects on the use of established approaches and explores exciting new territories. Together, the contributors provide a comprehensive picture of applied geography today.

This book is of relevance to faculty and graduate students in the fields of geography, planning, public policy, regional science and other related social and behavioural sciences.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Managing geography after Y2K....Pages 9-22
The principles and practice of applied geography....Pages 23-45
Historical foundations of applied geography....Pages 47-67
Political geography, public policy and the rise of policy analysis....Pages 69-93
The role of geographic information science in applied geography....Pages 95-111
Economic base theory and applied geography....Pages 113-131
Retail location and consumer spatial choice behavior....Pages 133-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Applied geography in Western and Southern Europe....Pages 151-168
Applied geography in Central Europe....Pages 169-185
Applied geography in 20th century North America: A perspective....Pages 187-210
Front Matter....Pages 212-212
Disability, disadvantage, and discrimination: An overview with special emphasis on blindness in the USA....Pages 213-232
Human wayfinding....Pages 233-252
International trade....Pages 253-272
Medicometry and Regional Devlopment....Pages 273-285
Monitoring and benchmarking regional and local performance....Pages 287-303
Applied geography for the future....Pages 305-307
Biographies and fields....Pages 309-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-320

✦ Subjects

Geography (general); Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Economic Policy; Regional and Cultural Studies

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