Contributing to a vibrant countryside? The impact of side activities on rural development

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-307

  Markantoni, Marianna ^a   Koster, Sierdjan ^b   Strijker, Dirk ^b   Woolvin, Mike ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Non farmers; Rural development; Side activities; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879477516     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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