TY - BOOK ID - 218267 TI - Rural Analysis and Management : An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science PY - 2008 SN - 1281353000 9786611353001 3540733434 3540733426 3642092373 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Land use, Rural. KW - Landscape assessment. KW - Rural geography. KW - Geography KW - Assessment, Landscape KW - Environmental perception KW - Landscape evaluation KW - Landscape perception KW - Perception, Landscape KW - Human ecology KW - Land use KW - Landscape protection KW - Rural land use KW - Agriculture KW - Environmental toxicology. KW - Geography. KW - Environmental management. KW - Regional planning. KW - Geographical information systems. KW - Ecology. KW - Ecotoxicology. KW - Earth Sciences, general. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. KW - Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. KW - Geoecology/Natural Processes. KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Geographical information systems KW - GIS (Information systems) KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Regional development KW - Regional planning KW - State planning KW - Human settlements KW - Planning KW - City planning KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Management KW - Cosmography KW - Earth sciences KW - World history KW - Ecotoxicology KW - Pollutants KW - Pollution KW - Environmental health KW - Toxicology KW - Ecology KW - Government policy KW - Earth sciences. KW - Urban planning. KW - Geoecology. KW - Environmental geology. KW - Geoecology KW - Environmental protection KW - Physical geology KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Geosciences KW - Physical sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:218267 AB - 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 rural science is. The scheme followed, albeit new, is rooted in a venerable geographical tradition and presents a sensible balance between the academic and the applied viewpoints. This novel way of stu- ing rural areas represents by itself a valuable contribution to this complex ?eld. The second virtue of the book is the ability of synthesizing the most important aspects of the issues tackled, and there are many issues this book tackles, from physical to human geographyand from deontologyto matrix algebra. When writing a handbook in such a vast ?eld as rural science, it is indeed tempting to accumulate meaninglessinformationassisted by the wealth of available on-lineinformation. On the other side, the danger of forgetting essential aspects is always present. None of these problems seems to have affected the making of this book. The pictures and tables always have a place, the text never looses its coherence, and no comment seems super?uous. Also, the ambitious scope of the book is seemly effortlessly solved by a rational, clear, and logical scheme that dissects all the relevant issues up to the required point. ER -