Models of equilibrium, natural agency and environmental change: Lay ecologies in UK recreational angling

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-407

  Eden, Sally ^a   Bear, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angling; Balance of nature; Environmental knowledge practices; Equilibrium; Water management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EQUILIBRIUM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958267328     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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