Rural Areas and Their Functions GN5045

Course content:
Rural areas as the object of research and their functions. Functional structure of rural areas. Functional regions. Conditionings and barriers of changes of economic functions of rural areas. Directions of activation of rural areas. Classification of rural landscapes. Population of rural areas. Structure of sex and age of the population. Migrating movements. Directions and dynamics of transformations of structure of the land-use management. Spatial diversification of agriculture. Agricultural land-use management. Planning and management of rural areas.
Characterization and analysis of various deposits proprieties. Characterization of agricultural usefulness of soils based on analysis of cartographic materials. Characterization and analysis of structure of population.
Learning outcomes:
Understanding of conditions of development and functions of rural areas