Greed, need or creed? farmland ethics in the rural-urban fringe

Land Use Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-118

  Spaling, Harry ^a   Wood, John R ^a  

^a KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edmonton; Farmland conversion; Land ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000290397     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(98)80009-4     Document Type: Article

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