Can place branding support landscape conservation in city-regions? A case study from Switzerland

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 266-275

  Tobias, Silvia ^a   Müller Wahl, Priska ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case study; Land management incentive schemes; Landscape conservation; Landscape promotion; Place branding; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN REGION;

SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84860162658     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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