About the Book
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.
Contents
Introduction / Antoines Bailly and Lay James Gibson
Part I: History and epistemological foundations1. Managing geography after Y2K 9 / Antoine Bailly and Lay James Gibson
2. The principles and practice of applied geography / Michael Pacione
3. Historical foundations of applied geography / Michel Phlipponneau
4. Political geography, public policy and the rise of policy analysis / Kingsley E. Haynes, Qingshu Xie and Lei Ding
5. The role of geographic information science in applied geography / Arthur Getis
6. Economic base theory and applied geography / Lay James Gibson
7. Retail location and consumer spatial choice behavior / Harry Timmermans
Part II: A world perspective8. Applied geography in Western and Southern Europe / Jorge Gaspar
9. Applied geography in Central Europe / Gyorgy Enyedi
10. Applied geography in 20th century North America: A perspective / John W. Frazier
Part III: Case studies11. Disability, disadvantage, and discrimination: An overview with special emphasis on blindness in the USA / Reginald G. Golledge
12. Human Wayfinding / Reginald G. Golledge
13. International trade / Jessie P.H. Poon and James E. McConnell
14. Medicometry and regional development / Antoine S. Bailly
15. Monitoring and benchmarking regional and local performance / Robert Stimson
16. Applied geography for the future / Antoine Bailly and Lay James Gibson
17. Biographies and fields
About the Author / Editor
Antoine Bailly, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Lay James Gibson, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
