Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective Book

	Foreword
	Series Preface
	Contributors
Pt. I	Introduction
1	Planning As a Way of Achieving Sustainable Development	3
Pt. II	Bases for Resource Interpretation and Valuation in Land Planning
2	Information Systems for Rural Planning	21
3	Role of Land Surface Relief in Land Use Allocation	43
4	Climate As a Factor in Regional Planning	65
5	The Hydrological Cycle and the Role of Water in Mediterranean Environments	85
6	Evaluation of Soils for Land Use Allocation	109
Pt. III	Production Systems
7	Habitat Conservation	131
8	The Natural Systems: Potential Production and Forest Management	145
9	The Agricultural System: Potential Production and Environmental Consequences	173
Pt. IV	The Human Use of Rural Space
10	Human Organization in Rural Areas	195
11	Rural Development Engineering: Labourers of Development	219
Pt. V	Rural Economics and Economics of Natural Resources
12	The Farm and Rural Community As Economic Systems	229
13	Introduction to the Economics of Resource Use in Planning	247
14	Public Policies, Markets, and Externalities	267
Pt. VI	Systems and Land Planning Analysis
15	Land Use Allocation and Environmental Impact Assessment in Land Planning	289
16	Systems Analysis As a Tool for Rural Planning	315
17	Rural Planning: A Case Study	345
	Index	369