Evolutionary Perspectives on Rural Australia

Geographical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-303

  Tonts, Matthew ^a   Argent, Neil ^b   Plummer, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Change; Evolutionary economic geography; Path dependence; Rural geography

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84864508931     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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