'... Silver in the stars and gold in the morning sun': Non-farm rural landowners' motivations for rural living and attachment to their land

Landscape Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-46

  Milburn, Lee Anne S ^a   Brown, Robert ^b   Mulley, Susan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Landowner; Motivation; Non farm rural; Place

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; LANDOWNER; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77951534760     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390903407152     Document Type: Article

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