Re-valuing the fringe: Some findings on the value of agricultural production in Australia's peri-urban regions

Geographical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-223

  Houston, Peter ^a  

^a Primary Industries and Resources South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural Census; Agricultural production; Australia; Exurban; Gross value; Peri urban; Urban fringe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PERIURBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22244485065     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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