Exploring the ‘city-bush divide’: What do urban people really think of farmers and rural land management?

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 168-180

  Witt, G B ^a   Witt, K J ^a   Carter, R W ^b   Gordon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Perceptions; Policy; Public interest; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; LAND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350116832     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2009.9725233     Document Type: Article

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