Rural Analysis and Management : An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science - Tapiador, Francisco J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Methodological Notes on Analysis, Synthesis and Management -- Methodological Notes on Analysis, Synthesis and Management -- The Measuring Process in Rural Analysis -- Elements of the Analysis -- Environmental Elements in Rural Analysis -- Dynamics and Processes of the Environmental Elements -- Anthropic Elements in Rural Analysis -- Dynamics and Processes of the Anthropic Elements -- A Synthetic Approach -- A Cartographic Overview of the Agrarian World -- Regional Issues in the Rural Areas of the World -- Rural Management - The Applied Approach -- Approaches to Management -- Management Tools: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Expert Systems -- The Concept of Rural Quality of Life -- The Rural Areas in the Structure of the Territory -- Rural Planning and Sustainability -- Involving People in the Process -- The Decision Guidelines Making -- Public Participation and Information Technologies -- Global Change Issues in Rural Planning -- Public Dissemination Tools: An Example for Inventories -- A Rural Plan.
Keywords: Ecotoxicology; Earth sciences; Environmental management; Regional planning; Urban planning; Geographical information systems; Geoecology; Environmental geology; Ecotoxicology; Earth Sciences, general; Environmental Management; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes