| Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Golley, Frank B. (Editor), Bellot, Juan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461271487 ISBN-13: 9781461271482 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| Series: Springer Environmental Management |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7" W x 10" (1.49 lbs) 377 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book synthesizes knowledge from several fields that are crucial to sustainable rural development: the physical environment, biological and agricultural production, rural sociology and economics. It takes a systems perspective incorporating systems analysis, landscape analysis and soil, water, and land planning. Directed toward graduate students and professionals, it provides a source of information and concepts for those concerned with land and water policies and practice. It presents an integrated approach using practical and applicable models and methods and takes a middle position between an elementary conceptual approach to land and water management and a highly mathematically advanced treatise based exclusively on system modeling. The book is based on almost twenty years of experience in teaching a course on rural planning and the environment, the authors being specialists from universities, research institutions and companies in Europe and North America. |