Interpretive evaluation: Towards a place approach

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-44

  Stewart, Emma ^a   Kirby, Val ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Evaluation; Interpretation; Landscape Perception; Paradigms; Sense of Place

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149681019     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527259808722217     Document Type: Article

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