Rural Analysis and Management: An Earth Science Approach to Rural Science

This handbookpossesses two virtues that are becomingincreasingly difficult to find together. The first 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 defines 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 ...