Rural society, social inclusion and landscape change in Central and Eastern Europe: A case study of Latvia

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-326

  Bell, Simon ^a   Montarzino, Alicia ^b   Aspinall, Peter ^b   Peneze, Zanda ^c   Nikodemus, Oļǵerts ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649136097     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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