Sources of structural change in peripheral rural areas: The case of the Western Isles, 1988/89 to 1997

Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Roberts, Deborah ^a   Thomson, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversification; Input output analysis; Rural developments policy; Rural economies; Structural change; Western Isles

Indexed keywords

RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038346363     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340022000033402     Document Type: Article

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