Sustainable development and policies in rural regions; insights from the Shetland Islands

Land Use Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 310-321

  Horlings, L G ^a   Kanemasu, Y ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Bio economy; Branding; Eco economy; Institutions; Policy; Regional development; Rural development; Rural web; Sustainability; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84942025449     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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