Ecogeography and Rural Management
A Contribution to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Published on 3. November 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-582-06273-3 (ISBN)
Description
There is concern over the exploitation and misuse of the world's natural resources. In this book Tricart and KiewietdeJonge make a study of the rural environment and the pressures it faces through exploitation. The authors provide a description of how advances in geosciences are improving our understanding of our natural environment. They also provide diagnosis of many of the problems using accurate data and carefully planned development projects to ensure the intelligent use of the resources available without their destruction. The book examines all characteristics of the environment and how they interact. It is divided into two parts; part one examines the natural environment from the ecogeographer's point of view. Part two looks at ways to improve and manage the countryside. It also looks at pedogenic, hydrolic and morphogenic processes, and includes the late Quartenary geomorphic legacies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
list of figures, list of plates, references, index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
618 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-06273-3 (9780582062733)
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Persons
Content
Part 1 Ecogeography - the study of the natural environment: approach to an integrated study of the natural environment - land surveys of the CSIRO (Australia), analysis of landscapes, integration of the dynamics; the geomorphological approach - basic concepts of geomorphology, integration of geomorphology into ecogeography; the pedological approach - basic concepts and historical review, the cartographic approach; water resources - the state of knowledge, the naturalistic approach - the functioning of a drainage basin, the soil water regime and plant productivity, hydromorphological maps; remote sensing and ecodynamics - what is remote sensing?, what remote sensing has to offer, utilization of remote sensing recordings, remote sensing and ecodynamics. Part 2 The management of the rural environment: the rational use of the rural environment - a systems appraoch of the impact of agricultural activities on the natural environment, development of stable environments, more or less stable environments - slowing down of the evolution, restoration, development problems at the regional level; planning rational agricultural developments - the degree of tolerance of the natural environment to competing uses, flow chart of steps leading to an agricultural development; how to proceed? - posing the problems, preliminary projects, multiple options, sequel and end - projects and follow-up.