Regionalism as resistance: Governance and identity in Western Australia's Wheatbelt

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 507-517

  Taylor, B M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avon River Basin; Local government; Natural resource management; Regionalisation; Regionalism; Rural development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REGIONALISM; REGIONALIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; AVON RIVER [VICTORIA]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84858149587     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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