![]() Applied geographers are making important contributions in all the systematic branches of geography. The works contained in this overview exhibit the scope and breadth of applied geography. For example, rather than reporting on “economic development” as a broad field, the focus is on one particular approach to economic development, namely “cluster-based economic development.” Similarly, rather than reporting on work being done on “climate change” there is a specific focus on work being done on “societal adaptation to climate change.” In choosing the topics to be covered an attempt has been made to be specific rather than general. There is a considerable amount of applied geographers’ research that is published in journals that would be considered as being outside of the discipline. Similarly, when published, the work of applied geographers is not restricted to appearing in just geography journals. Recognizing the fuzziness and ambiguity surrounding the boundaries of academic disciplines the research reported on here also contains work by non-geographers. Applied Geography has been defined by Michael Pacione in 1999 as being “concerned with the application of geographical knowledge and skills to the resolution of real-world social, economic and environmental problems.” The research highlighted in this article tries to document some of the ways in which geographers have used their knowledge and skills to contribute to a resolution of a variety of societal problems. ![]()
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