Modelling community interactions and social capital dynamics: The case of regional and rural communities of Australia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 179-200

  Maru, Yiheyis T ^a   McAllister, Ryan R J ^a   Smith, Mark Stafford ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative norms; Core periphery tension; Modelling; Rural decline; Social capital; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33751274497     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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