Part 1 United States of America: the use of GIS for nitrogen management planning in Wisconsin, Robert McCallister, et al; geographic information system for rural resource planning in Kansas, M. Duane Nellis; conflict prediction and prevention in rural land use planning - a GIS approach, W.N. Xiang; contemporary issues in US rural planning and policy-making, Mark B. Lapping and Julia Moser; "Geographic Information Systems - a Management Perspective" by Stan Aronoff, reviewed by M. Duane Nellis; report of a conference on "Rural Planning and Development", Ivonne Audirac. Part 2 United Kingdom: health and social service provision for elderly people, Kerry Caldock and G. Clare Wenger; annual review of rural planning in the United Kingdom 1989-91, Andrew W. Gilg; towards an understanding of farm-based tourism in Britain, Nick Evans. Part 3 European mainland: agricultural policy and land diversion in the European Community, Brian W. Ilbery; nature conservation and agricultural practices in Slovenia - overview and future perspective, Gordon Beltrum; wildflower meadows or wilderness?, R.G.H. Bunce; soil erosion and agriculture in the Mediterranean region - annual review, David Briggs. Part 4 Canada: environmental assessment in Canada, Mary Ellen MacCallum and Michael Troughton; Canada - the rural scene, Robert Dilley; Canada Post Corporation and rural Canada - an evaluation of the rural conversion program, Brian S. Osborne; addressing rural issues in Canada's rural heartland, Richard Rounds. Part 5 Australasia: holding the line or chasing the rainbow? the quest for sustainability in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, P.J. Smailes and R.L. Heathcote; recent developments in rural planning in Australia, G.T. McDonald; the reregulation of New Zealand agriculture and its implications for a restatement of policy and planning agendas, Richard Le Heron, et al.