Counterurbanization and its socioeconomic effects in high mountain areas of the Sierra Nevada (California/Nevada)

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-71

  Löffler, Roland ^a   Steinicke, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amenity migration; California; Counterurbanization; Land use; Population growth; Settlement expansion; Sierra Nevada; Tourism; USA

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; COUNTERURBANIZATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION GROWTH; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750707299     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2006)026[0064:CAISEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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