Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective

Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective edited by Frank B. Golley, Juan Bellot.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Golley, Frank B. (Editor), Bellot, Juan (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edition:	1st ed. 1999.
Series:	Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Regional planning. Urban planning. Geoecology. Environmental geology. Nature conservation. Environmental monitoring. Ecology . Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:	Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.

Table of Contents:

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.