The Green Village project: A rural community's journey towards sustainability

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 819-831

  Trier, Colin ^a   Maiboroda, Olya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Community; Partnership; Rural; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349655719     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830903166487     Document Type: Article

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