Examining the direct and indirect effects of environmental change and place attachment on land management decisions in the Hill Country of Texas, USA

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 320-328

  Lai, Po Hsin ^a   Kreuter, Urs P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation of change; Latent variable scores; Moderation; Rural land management; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LAND USE; TAXATION;

EVALUATION OF CHANGE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LATENT VARIABLE; MODERATION; URBANIZATION;

RURAL AREAS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL LANDSCAPE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

HILL COUNTY [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855551769     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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