International retirement migration in the Alicante region, Spain: Process, spatial pattern and environmental impacts

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-141

  Zasada, Ingo ^a   Alves, Susana ^b   Müller, Felix Claus ^a   Piorr, Annette ^a   Berges, Regine ^a   Bell, Simon ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Environmental impact; Land use change; Landscape; Retirement migration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; RETIREMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 74349103226     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560903399905     Document Type: Article

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