Relative acceptance of traditional and non-traditional rural land uses: Views of residents in two regions, southern Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-63

  Williams, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Landscape change; Plantations; Public attitudes; Rural residential development; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HOUSING; REVEGETATION; RURAL AREAS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WIND POWER;

LANDSCAPE CHANGES; PLANTATIONS; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; RURAL RESIDENTIAL; WIND FARM;

LAND USE;

CROPPING PRACTICE; GRAZING; HORTICULTURE; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RURAL AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052663446     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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