Francisco J. Tapiador. -- Berlin : Springer, 2010.

xvi, 330 p.; 23 cm.

ISBN 978-3-642-09237-4.

With 166 figures and 24 tables.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Introduction. The rural areas of the world -- Methodological notes on analysis, synthesis and management -- The measuring process in rural analysis -- Elements of the analysis -- Environmental elements in rural analysis -- Dynamics and processes of the environmental elements -- Anthropic elements in rural analysis -- Dynamics and processes of the anthropic elements -- A synthetic approach -- A cartographic overview of the agrarian world -- Regional issues in the rural areas of the world -- Rural management-The Applied approach -- Approaches to management -- Management tools: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and expert systems -- The concept of rural quality of life -- The rural areas in the structures of the territory -- Rural planning and sustainability -- Involving people in the process -- The decision guidelines making -- Public participation and information technologies -- Global change issues in rural planning -- Public dissemination tools: an example for inventories -- A rural plan -- Templates for a rural project.