A rural typology for strategic European policies

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 473-482

  van Eupen, M ^a   Metzger, M J ^a,b   Perez Soba M ^a   Verburg, P H ^c   van Doorn, A ^a   Bunce, R G H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Regional geography; Rural development; Rural typology; Territorial policy

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RASTER; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL POLICY; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; TYPOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855271021     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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