Revitalizing ecological capital

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-167

  Swagemakers, Paul ^a   Wiskerke, Johannes S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co production; Dairy farming; Ecological capital; Endogenous knowledge; Landscape preservation; Nature conservation

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; FAUNA; FLORA; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRESERVATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

FRIESIA;

EID: 84856490131     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2011.10669530     Document Type: Article

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