Rural Analysis and Management: An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science

1. Methodological Notes on Analysis, Synthesis and Management
2. The Measuring Process in Rural Analysis
3. Environmental Elements in Rural Analysis
4. Dynamics and Processes of the Environmental Elements
5. Anthropic Elements in Rural Analysis
6. Dynamics and Processes of the Anthropic Elements
7. A Synthetic Approach
8. A Cartographic Overview of the Agrarian World
9. Regional Issues in the Rural Areas of the World
10. Approaches to Managemen
11. Management Tools: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Expert Systems
12. The Concept of Rural Quality of Life
13. The Rural Areas in the Structure of the Territory
14. Rural Planning and Sustainability
15. Involving People in the Process
16. The Decision Guidelines Making
17. Public Participation and Information Technologies
18. Global Change Issues in Rural Planning
19. Public Dissemination Tools: An Example for Inventories
20. A Rural Plan

This handbook presents the foundations of modern rural analysis. The first part of the book presents a comprehensive description of the elements of rural analysis, providing the basis for a synthetic view of rural landscapes in the second part. Included is a comprehensive description and explanation of the rural landscapes from throughout the world, which leads to a complete management scheme for rural landscapes.