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The Agricultural Systems of the World
An Evolutionary Approach
Av D. B. Grigg
Häftad, 1974
846 kr
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This book is about the prevalent characteristics and distribution of the major agricultural systems of the world - shifting cultivation, wet rice cultivation, pastoral nomadism, Mediterranean agriculture, mixed farming, dairying, plantations, ranching and large-scale grain production. In Part One …
The Urban Mosaic
Towards a Theory of Residential Differentiation
Av Duncan Timms
Häftad, 1975
525 kr
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The concept of the city as a mosaic of social worlds has achieved wide currency: the residential differentiation of the urban population provides the matrix for much human activity. In this detailed study, the author demonstrates that much of the manifold variation in the social characteristics of …
Urban Analysis
A Study of City Structure with Special Reference to Sunderland
Av B.T. Robson
Häftad, 1975
569 kr
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This book, originally published in 1969, will hold interest for the urban geographer. It outlines the techniques and methodology which at the time were increasingly being used by geographers working in urban studies. In doing this Dr Robson shows how disciplines which were once separate were …
Population and Metropolis
The Demography of London 1580-1650
Av Roger Finlay
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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This is a book about the population of London during the early modern period and a detailed book about the population of a European metropolitan city at that time. Much is now known about the historical demography of rural England, but very little is understood about the larger towns and cities. …
Models of Spatial Processes
An Approach to the Study of Point, Line and Area Patterns
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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This book approaches the study of patterns by emphasising the processes responsible for them; it emphasises the logical format of process-to-pattern rather than the more wasteful pattern-to-process approach. The concern is primarily with two-dimensional surfaces, which is the way most maps are used …
Geographical Change and Industrial Revolution
Coalmining in South West Lancashire 1590-1799
Av John Langton
Häftad, 2008
601 kr
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The economic changes of the industrial revolution came to different parts of England at different times. By examining the geography of these changes, this book shows how the pattern of production in an important coalfield changed as it became part of the regional economic system developing around …
Empiricism and Geographical Thought
From Francis Bacon to Alexander von Humbolt
Häftad, 2009
684 kr
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The age of Francis Bacon marked the beginning of a long period when empirical science was seen as the key to progress in extending man's control over nature. Recently, however, a breakdown of confidence in the outcome of worldwide industrialism and a growing concern over threats to the earth's …
Industrial Organisation and Location
Av P. J. McDermott, Michael Taylor
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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This book attempts to advance locational explanation in industrial geography by more fully exploring relationships between organizations and the environments within which they operate. The volume is in two parts, the first developing a theoretical framework and the second testing this framework …
Water Management in England and Wales
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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In 1978, when this book was first published, the provision of water services was a fundamental environmental issue. In England and Wales, organizations were created to protect and enhance the nation's water resources. This book considers the problems involved in achieving those objectives and …
Housing and the Spatial Structure of the City
Residential mobility and the housing market in an English city since the Industrial Revolution
Häftad, 2009
557 kr
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This book is an investigation of the manner in which the provision and operation of the housing market in Britain has influenced the spatial evolution of urban areas. In particular, the pattern of residential mobility and intra-urban migration is used to demonstrate the way in which changes in the …
Hillslope Form and Process
Häftad, 2009
764 kr
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Hillslopes occupy most the landscape. Studies of process mechanisms and rates have become sufficiently numerous to allow a systematic study of slopes. Only by making a synthesis of quantitative process studies and relating them to the development of slope forms can the shape of the landscape be …
Central Grants to Local Governments
The political and economic impact of the Rate Support Grant in England and Wales
Häftad, 2009
650 kr
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Central grants to local governments are a major aspect of public policy in all western economies. This book has two main aims: first, it seeks to relate central grants to the overall structure of taxes and expenditures of the economy as a whole, and second, it draws together for the first time a …
Freight Flows and Spatial Aspects of the British Economy
Av Michael Chisholm, Patrick O'Sullivan
Häftad, 2009
553 kr
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Originally published in 1973, this book reports experiments in the modelling of freight flows in Great Britain, on the basis of 78 origin-destination zones covering the entire country. Its central purpose is to establish whether gravity model or linear programming approaches provide the most …
Elements of Spatial Structure
A Quantative Approach
Av Andrew D. Cliff, Peter Haggett m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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Elements of Spatial Structure is a contribution to the literature on spatial series. Written by a group with varied backgrounds in engineering, geography and statistics, who collaborated at Bristol University in the early 1970s, the book analyses certain basic properties of spatial structure. It …
Population Growth and Agrarian Change
An Historical Perspective
Av D. B. Grigg
Häftad, 1980
667 kr
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Since the 1950s much attention has been paid to the effect of rapid population growth on the rural societies of the Third World. Yet it is often forgotten that Europe faced similar problems in the past. This book, first published in 1980, suggests some ways of looking at the interrelationships …
Tropical Soils and Soil Survey
Av A. Young
Häftad, 1980
698 kr
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Originally published in 1976, this is a book about tropical soils written from the point of view of the field soil scientist. In includes a discussion of methods of soil survey in less developed countries, and its role in land development planning. Whilst primarily directed at those concerned with, …
