The Scottish Revolution? evaluating the impacts of post-devolution Land reform

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-39

  Warren, Charles R ^a   Mckee, Annie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land ownership; Land Reform Act; Scotland

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LANDOWNERSHIP; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958136873     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2011.579572     Document Type: Article

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