There's more to the picture than meets the eye: Measuring tangible and intangible capital in two marginal communities in rural Denmark

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-471

  Svendsen, Gunnar Lind Haase ^a   Sørensen, Jens Fyhn Lykke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Differential economic performance (DEP); Differential local development (DLD); Marginal rural communities in Denmark; Natural capital; Neocapital theory; Organisational capital; Physical capital; Social capital; Tangible and intangible capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548650464     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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