Social sustainability and the art of engagement - The small towns: Big picture experience

Local Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-124

  Rogers, Maureen ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

VICTORIA;

EID: 14644437697     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354983052000330734     Document Type: Article

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