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UNISA996412746103316 |
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Autore |
WING, Vincent <1619-1668.> |
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Olympia domata, or, An almanack and prognostication for the year of our Lord 1660 : being the bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5609 : wherein is conteined the state of the whole yeare, the ecipses, lunations, conjunctions, & aspects of the planets, the length and increase of dayes and nights, with the rising, southing, and setting of the sun, moon, and seven stars every day in the yeare ... : to which is annexed a short mathematical discourse of the system of the world, proving that the sun moves not, but the earth ... : calculated according to art and referred to the meridian of ... Stamford ... / by Vincent Wing |
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London, : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn for the Company of Stationers, 1660 |
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Testo elettronico (PDF) ([47] p. : ill.) |
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Risorsa elettronica |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Riproduzione dell'originale nella British Library |
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UNINA9910960358603321 |
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Titolo |
Applied geography : principles and practice : an introduction to useful research in physical, environmental and human geography / / edited by Michael Pacione |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
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1-134-67266-7 |
1-134-67267-5 |
0-203-01251-8 |
0-585-45184-2 |
1-280-33388-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (661 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Geography |
Natural disasters |
Environmental management |
Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Spatial analysis (Statistics) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of boxes; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; In pursuit of useful knowledge: the principles and practice of applied geography; Natural and environmental hazards; Global warming; Acid precipitation; Extreme weather events; Earthquakes and vulcanism; Landslides; Floods; Coastal erosion; Physical problems of the urban environment; Environmental change and management; Water supply and management; Water quality and pollution; Irrigation; Desertification; Deforestation |
Maintaining biodiversityLandscape evaluation; Environmental impact assessment; Countryside recreation management; The de-intensification of European agriculture; Wetlands conservation; Land-use conflict at the urban fringe; Derelict and vacant land; Sustainable tourism; Townscape conservation; Challenges of the human |
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environment; Urbanisation and counterurbanisation; Boundary disputes; Political spaces and representation within the state; Housing problems in the developed world; The geography of poverty and deprivation; Segregation and discrimination; Socio-spatial variations in health |
Crime and fear of crimeRetail location analysis; Urban transport and traffic problems; Rural accessibility and transport; City marketing as a planning tool; Low-income shelter in the third world city; Informal sector activity in the third world city; HIV/AIDS, poverty, exclusion and the third world; Techniques of spatial analysis; GIS, remote sensing and the problem of environmental change; Cartography: from traditional to electronic and beyond; Geodemographics, marketing and retail location; Global positioning systems as a practical fieldwork tool: applications in mountain environments |
Computer simulation and modelling of urban structure and developmentPlace index; Subject index |
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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 environm |
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