Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I Introduction.
• 1. Planning As a Way of Achieving Sustainable Development.
• II Bases for Resource Interpretation and Valuation in Land Planning.
• 2. Information Systems for Rural Planning.
• 3. Role of Land Surface Relief in Land Use Allocation.
• 4. Climate As a Factor in Regional Planning.
• 5. The Hydrological Cycle and the Role of Water in Mediterranean Environments.
• 6. Evaluation of Soils for Land Use Allocation.
• III Production Systems.
• 7. Habitat Conservation.
• 8. The Natural Systems: Potential Production and Forest Management.
• 9. The Agricultural System: Potential Production and Environmental Consequences.
• IV The Human Use of Rural Space.
• 10. Human Organization in Rural Areas.
• 11. Rural Development Engineering: Labourers of Development.
• V Rural Economics and Economics of Natural Resources.
• 12. The Farm and Rural Community As Economic Systems.
• 13. Introduction to the Economics of Resource Use in Planning.
• 14. Public Policies, Markets, and Externalities.
• VI Systems and Land Planning Analysis.
• 15. Land Use Allocation and Environmental Impact Assessment in Land Planning.
• 16. Systems Analysis As a Tool for Rural Planning.
• 17. Rural Planning: A Case Study.