Community-based land reform: Lessons from Scotland

Land Use Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-34

  Bryden, John ^a   Geisler, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Buy outs; Community; Land reform; Scotland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LAND REFORM; PLANNING LEGISLATION; RURAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748926582     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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