Policy Integration for Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes: Taking Stock of UK Policy and Practice

Landscape Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-189

  Dwyer, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; new collaborative approaches; policy design and delivery; policy evaluation; sustainable agricultural landscapes

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901693769     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2013.784245     Document Type: Article

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