Exploring dutch migration to rural sweden: International counterurbanisation in the eu

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-346

  Eimermann, Marco ^a   Lundmark, Mats ^a   Müller, Dieter K ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central Sweden; Database; Dutch migration; International counterurbanisation; Interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862266076     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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