The learning rural area framework: A heuristic tool to investigate institutional arrangements which support collaboration in rural areas

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 106-124

  Wellbrock, Wiebke ^a   Roep, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84921029294     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12049     Document Type: Article

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