'The Cheviot, the Stag ... and the White, White Rock?': Community, identity, and environmental threat on the Isle of Harris

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 509-532

  Fiona, A ^a   Mackenzie, D ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; QUARRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM, SCOTLAND, OUTER HEBRIDES;

EID: 0031729431     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d160509     Document Type: Article

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