Studies in Applied Geography and Spatial Analysis

Edited by Robert Stimson and Kingsley E. Haynes

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This timely and fascinating book illustrates how applied geography can contribute in a multitude of ways to assist policy processes, evaluate public programs, enhance business decisions, and contribute to formulating solutions for community-level problems.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781781007129
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Applied geography: relevance and approaches , pp 1-16

Robert Stimson and Kingsley E. Haynes

Ch 2 A geographic perspective on demographic evolution in Europe: the CEG participation in the ESPON 1.1.4 project , pp 17-33

Diogo de Abreu

Ch 3 A national transport policy: the case of Pakistan , pp 34-54

Roger R. Stough

Ch 4 Spatial modelling, GIS and network analysis for improving the sustainability of transporting aggregates in the UK , pp 55-78

Chengchao Zuo, Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Fiona McEvoy and Andrew Bloodworth

Ch 5 SMILE: an applied spatial micro-simulation model for Ireland , pp 79-94

Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas and Stephen Hynes

Ch 6 Using GIS and spatial modelling to support school network planning in Estonia , pp 95-108

Edgar Sepp and Jüri Roosaare

Ch 7 Spatial optimization: expanding emergency services to address regional growth and development , pp 109-122

Alan T. Murray, Daoqin Tong and Tony Grubesic

Ch 8 Urban growth in the Brisbane–South East Queensland region and its implications for emergency services provision: a Geographic Information Systems-based approach , pp 123-143

Jonathan Corcoran, Robert Stimson, Prem Chhetri, David Rohde and Angela Higginson

Ch 9 Geographical dimensions of federal investment in small business development , pp 144-159

Kingsley E. Haynes, Haifeng Qian and Sidney C. Turner

Ch 10 Geographical modelling, public policy and informing the ‘store wars’ sovereignty debate in Australia , pp 160-183

Robert G.V. Baker and Stephen N. Wood

Ch 11 Defending a territory: automobile dealership customer and site analysis , pp 184-195

John Lombard

Ch 12 West Midlands (UK) regional planning (1999–2012), functioning economic geography and the E3I belt: coping with uncomfortable truths , pp 196-216

Michael Taylor and John R. Bryson

Ch 13 Technopoles: governance and networking , pp 217-231

Haddad Ismail

Ch 14 Economics of space: estimating the economic significance of a NASA testing facility , pp 232-246

Michael C. Carroll and Will M. Burns

Ch 15 Using input–output analysis and GIS to assess economic, fiscal and developmental impacts of toll roads in Dallas: a 40-year perspective , pp 247-258

Bernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower

Ch 16 Helping community groups to address urban planning issues in a deprived gipsy neighbourhood: geographical experiences from Perpignan in a post-riot context , pp 259-273

David Giband

Ch 17 Designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating an urban community development programme in Portugal , pp 274-294

Maria Lucinda Fonseca and Alina Esteves

Ch 18 A local master plan for biospheric conservation and development: concept, methodology and application , pp 295-310

Eliahu Stern and Burrell E. Montz

Ch 19 Assessing responses to National Weather Service warnings: the case of a tornado , pp 311-324

Burrell E. Montz

Ch 20 Managing environmental hazards of outdoor falls among the elderly population of Hong Kong , pp 325-345

Poh-Chin Lau, Wing-Cheung Wong, Ming-Houng Chan, Chien-Tat Low and Martin Wong

Ch 21 Hydropower in Chilean Patagonia: evaluating socio-economic conditions for resettlement and/or compensation of rural inhabitants , pp 346-358

Frederico Arenas and Pablo Osses McIntyre

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