New spaces for nature: The re-territorialisation of biodiversity conservation under neoliberalism in the UK

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-588

  Adams, William M ^a   Hodge, Ian D ^a   Sandbrook, Lindsey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecological restoration; Landscape ecology; Neoliberalisation; Territorialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920580077     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12050     Document Type: Article

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