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

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on skills to examine rural landscapes using free data sources, satellite images, and basic spatial techniques. You will learn to choose and map rural study zones, create settlement and land-use maps, analyse recent transformations, evaluate main influences, and produce clear reports with repeatable methods and strong visuals for effective rural evaluations.
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Develop skills
- Remote sensing in rural settings: rapidly find, evaluate, and contrast satellite images.
- Rural land-use mapping: construct precise settlement and land-cover maps from open data.
- Spatial pattern analysis: apply buffers, overlays, and distances to interpret rural structures.
- Change detection expertise: identify farm abandonment, land intensification, and urban fringe expansion.
- Professional reporting: develop clear maps, tables, and repeatable GIS reports for rural insights.
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