Stewardship among lifestyle oriented rural landowners

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-334

  Gill, Nicholas ^a   Klepeis, Peter ^b   Chisholm, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenity migration; Ecosystem fragmentation; Hobby farming; Natural resource management; Restoration ecology; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 77949597293     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640561003612890     Document Type: Article

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