England's rural futures: A socio-geographical approach to scenarios analysis

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1319-1332

  Lowe, Philip ^a   Ward, Neil ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Futures analysis; Rural areas; Rural England; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70949096220     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903365169     Document Type: Article

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