Rural community well-being: Models and application to changes in the tobacco-belt in Ontario, Canada

Geoforum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-384

  Ramsey, Doug ^a   Smit, Barry ^b  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community; Health; Rural; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; MODELING; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 0036065605     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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