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.

Contents: Preface 1. Applied Geography: Relevance and Approaches Robert Stimson and Kingsley E. Haynes 2. A Geographic Perspective on Demographic Evolution in Europe: The CEG Participation in the ESPON 1.1.4 Project Diogo de Abreu 3. A National Transport Policy: The Case of Pakistan Roger R. Stough 4. Spatial Modelling, GIS and Network Analysis for Improving the Sustainability of Transporting Aggregates in the UK Chengchao Zuo, Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Fiona McEvoy and Andrew Bloodworth 5. SMILE: An Applied Spatial Micro-simulation Model for Ireland Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas and Stephen Hynes 6. Using GIS and Spatial Modelling to Support School Network Planning in Estonia Edgar Sepp, Jüri Roosaare 7. Spatial Optimization: Expanding Emergency Services to Address Regional Growth and Development Alan T. Murray, Daoqin Tong and Tony H. Grubesic 8. Urban Growth in the Brisbane–South East Queensland Region and its Implications for Emergency Services Provision: A Geographical Information Systems-based Approach Jonathan Corcoran, Robert Stimson, Prem Chhetri, David Rohde and Angela Higginson 9. Geographical Dimensions of Federal Investment in Small Business Development Kingsley E. Haynes, Haifeng Qian and Sidney C. Turner 10. Geographic Modelling, Public Policy, and Informing the ‘Store Wars’ Sovereignty Debate in Australia Robert G.V. Baker and Stephen N. Wood 11. Defending a Territory: Automobile Dealership Customer and Site Analysis John Lombard 12. West Midlands (UK) Regional Planning (1999–2012), Functioning Economic Geography and the E3I Belt: Coping with Uncomfortable Truths Michael Taylor and John R. Bryson 13. Technopoles: Governance and Networking Haddad Ismail 14. Economics of Space: Estimating the Economic Significance of a NASA Testing Facility Michael C. Carroll and Will M. Burns 15. Using Input–Output Analysis and GIS to Assess Economic, Fiscal and Developmental Impacts of Toll Roads in Dallas: A 40-Year Perspective Bernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower 16. Helping Community Groups to Address Urban Planning Issues in a Deprived Gipsy Neighbourhood: Geographical Experiences from Perpignan in a Post-riot Context David Giband 17. Designing, Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating an Urban Community Development Programme in Portugal Maria Lucinda Fonseca and Alina Esteves 18. A Local Master Plan for Biospheric Conservation and Development: Concept, Methodology and Application Eliahu Stern 19. Assessing Responses to National Weather Service Warnings: The Case of a Tornado Burrell E. Montz 20. Managing Environmental Hazards of Outdoor Falls Among the Elderly Population of Hong Kong Poh-Chin Lau, Wing-Cheung Wong, Ming-Houng Chan, Chien-Tat Low and Martin Wong 21. Hydropower in Chilean Patagonia: Evaluating Socio-economic Conditions for Resettlement and/or Compensation of Rural Inhabitants Frederico Arenas and Pablo Osses McIntyre Index