Rethinking rural futures: Qualitative scenarios for reflexive regional development

Rural Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-189

  Measham, Thomas G ^a,b   Darbas, Toni ^a   Williams, Rachel ^a   Taylor, Bruce ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community development; Globalisation; Refl exivity; Rurality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871243451     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.2012.21.3.176     Document Type: Article

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