Constructing sustainable rural landscapes: Oil Mallees and the Western Australian wheatbelt

Geographical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-208

  Bell, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Agri food networks; Agri forestry; Agriculture; Dryland salinity; Material semiotics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RURAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 22244485066     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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