Key influences on the adoption of improved land management practice in rural Australia: The role of attitudes, values and situation

Rural Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-159

  Leviston, Zoe ^a   Price, Jennifer Clare ^a   Bates, Lorraine Elizabeth ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Drought; Environmental psychology; Environmental values; Land management practice; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864738039     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.20.2.142     Document Type: Article

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