Ideology, bureaucracy and aesthetics: Landscape change and land reform in northwest Scotland

Environmental Values

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-221

  Rohde, Rick ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural landscapes; Environmental history; Land reform; Orbost; Skye

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ESTHETICS; LAND REFORM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RURAL PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042857285     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/0963271041159840     Document Type: Article

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