Outbacks: The popular construction of an emergent landscape

Landscape Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-56

  McSweeney, Kendra ^a   McChesney, Ron ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological transition; Landscape; Ohio; Outback; Rural restructuring

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842306101     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142639032000172433     Document Type: Article

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