Market instruments and the neoliberalisation of land management in rural Australia

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-386

  Higgins, Vaughan ^a   Dibden, Jacqui ^b   Cocklin, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Land management; Market instruments; Neoliberalisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDHOLDING; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84858150001     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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