Participatory evaluation of rural development programmes: A qualitative approach in the case of modernisation of agricultural holdings in Greece

Regional Science Inquiry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-94

  Papadopoulou, Eleni ^a   Papalexiou, Christos ^a   Hasanagas, Nikolaos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b District Forester of Pertouli   (Greece)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Focus groups; In depth interviews; Participation; Regional Development; Rural Development Policy; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873561498     PISSN: 17915961     EISSN: 17917735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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