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

• Main Author: Tapiador, Francisco J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Earth sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences, general.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This handbookpossesses two virtues that are becomingincreasingly dif?cult to ?nd together. The ?rst one is providing a novel and original scheme to analyze the rural areas of the planet in the context of Earth sciences. The handbook is so original in its plan that it actually de?nes what modern rura...