ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1985, provides an overview of resource management, together with a geographical treatment of physical, landscape and social resources. Drawing on British, European and North American material, the book has three main objectives: to offer an integrated review of the rural resource system, to isolate potential and actual conflicts between resources in the countryside with the aid of detailed case studies, and to explore various broad management techniques and their applicability to differing types of resource use and resource conflict. This title will provide important insight for students of geography, resource management, environmental planning and conservation.

chapter 1|33 pages

Images of an Integrated Countryside

chapter 2|21 pages

Rural Resources

part I|104 pages

The Rural Resource Base: An Overview

chapter 3|30 pages

Natural Resources

chapter 4|34 pages

Landscape as a Resource

chapter 5|36 pages

Social Resources: The Human Dimension

part II|200 pages

Resources Conflicts

chapter 6|23 pages

Resource Extraction

chapter 7|42 pages

Recreation and Preservation

chapter 8|38 pages

The Built Environment

chapter 9|39 pages

Farming and Forestry

chapter 10|56 pages

Access

part III|90 pages

Management Themes for Rural Resources

chapter 11|47 pages

Countryside Management by Planning

chapter 12|41 pages

Integrated Management Strategies

chapter |4 pages

Epilogue