Capacity, scale and place: Pragmatic lessons for doing community-based research in the rural setting

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-176

  Markey, Sean ^a   Halseth, Greg ^b   Manson, Don ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based research; Rural development

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COLLECTIVE ACTION; FIELDWORK; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77952654570     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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