How do amenity migrants learn to be environmental stewards of rural landscapes?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-52

  Cooke, Benjamin ^a   Lane, Ruth ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amenity migration; Dwelling; Experiential learning; Exurban; Private land; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

AMENITY MIGRATION; DWELLING; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; EXURBAN; PRIVATE LAND; STEWARDSHIP;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDHOLDING; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84908679413     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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