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  • Front Cover ; Spatial Dimensions of Public Policy; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. GEOGRAPHY AND PUBLIC POLICY: CHALLENGE, OPPORTUNITY AND IMPLICATIONS; THE GEOGRAPHER'S CONTRIBUTION; A PARADOX OF LONG-ESTABLISHED INTEREST AND LIMITED AWARENESS; RESOLVING THE PARADOX; THE FEASIBILITY OF POLICY-ORIENTED RESEARCH; IMPLICATIONS FOR PURE RESEARCH; IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING; IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY ORGANISATION; IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 2. POLICY PLANNING IN THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADATHE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS OF POLICY PLANNING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. GEOGRAPHY AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES IN CANADA; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. THE GEOGRAPHER AS POLITICIAN; UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE SCALE OF DELIMITATION OF PRIORITY AREAS; GEOSTRATEGY AND POLITICAL PERCEPTION; CODA; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. ACADEMICS AND GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM IN ENGLAND; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. THE GEOGRAPHER AND POLICY-MAKING IN MARGINAL RURAL AREAS: THE NORTHERN PEN NINES RURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
  • PLANNING AND THE RURAL PROBLEMRURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS: CONTEXT FOR THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD; THE NORTHERN PENNINES RURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NPRDB), 1969-71; AN ASSESSMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. RESEARCH AND POLICY IN OUTDOOR RECREATION: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE TOURISM AND RECREATION RESEARCH UNIT; Policy and Research in Tourism and Recreation; The Origins of the Tourism and Recreation Research Unit; The Research Programme: Comprehensive Surveys; The Research Programme: Recreational Travel; Recreational Programme: Impact Studies
  • Tourism and Recreation Information Package (TRIP)Evaluation of the Research Programme; Conclusion; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. CONTACT STUDIES AND DECENTRALISATION OF OFFICES FROM LONDON AND STOCKHOLM; INTRODUCTION; OFFICE LOCATION POLICY AND RESEARCH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: ASSESSING OFFICE LOCATION PRIORITIES IN CENTRAL LONDON; OFFICE LOCATION POLICY AND RESEARCH IN SWEDEN: SELECTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR DISPERSAL FROM STOCKHOLM; VOLUME OF CONTACT AND DECENTRALISATION; THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS AND DECENTRALISATION; OFFICE CLUSTERS AND JOINT RELOCATION
  • THE IMPACT OF RELOCATION ON CONTACT NETWORKSCONCLUSION: COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND THE REFORMULATION OF OFFICE LOCATION POLICY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. THE SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF POLLUTION POLICY; PROLEGOMENA; CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND POLICIES; A SPATIAL TAXONOMY OF POLLUTION; DISTANCE DECAY; THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POLLUTION; LOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS; LOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. ENERGY POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. A GEOGRAPHER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND