Green migration into rural America: The new frontier of environmentalism?

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-238

  Jones, Robert Emmet ^a   Fly, J Mark ^b   Talley, James ^a   Cordell, H Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Human Dimensions Reseach Lab   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmentalism; Greening of rural America; In migration; Rural population growth; Scenic rural areas

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RURAL SOCIETY; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037335968     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920309159     Document Type: Article

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