Understanding the relationship between social change and its impacts: The experience of rural land use change in south-eastern Australia

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 538-548

  Williams, Kathryn J H ^a,c   Schirmer, Jacki ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Mixed methods research; Rural land use change; Social impact assessment; Socio economic impacts

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84880514970     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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