Swedish Farmers Talking about Nature - A Study of the Interrelations between Farmers' Values and the Sociocultural Notion of Naturintresse

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-435

  Boonstra, Wiebren J ^a,b   Ahnström, Johan ^b   Hallgren, Lars ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80053122520     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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