Rural Geography Course
Gain expertise in rural geography via practical mapping, remote sensing, and spatial analysis. Master interpreting land use patterns, identifying changes, and crafting concise, data-backed reports to aid rural planning, farming, and environmental management decisions effectively.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on skills to examine rural landscapes through open data, satellite images, and basic spatial techniques. You will learn to choose and map study regions, create settlement and land-use maps, analyse recent transformations, evaluate main factors, and produce clear reports, repeatable processes, and impactful visuals for precise rural evaluations.
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Develop skills
- Remote sensing in rural contexts: swiftly obtain, evaluate, and contrast imagery.
- Rural land-use mapping: construct accurate settlement and land-cover maps using open data.
- Spatial pattern analysis: apply buffers, overlays, and distances to interpret rural structures.
- Change detection expertise: identify abandonment, intensification, and edge expansion in maps.
- Professional reporting: develop clear maps, tables, and reproducible GIS reports for rural studies.
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