U.S. farmers' sense of place and its relation to conservation behavior

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-75

  Mullendore, Nathan D ^a   Ulrich Schad, Jessica D ^b   Prokopy, Linda Stalker ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Department of Forestry and Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation behavior; Farmers; Sense of place

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; FARMERS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SENSE OF PLACE;

AGRICULTURE;

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSE OF PLACE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928683231     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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