Promoting Swedish countryside in the Netherlands: International rural place marketing to attract new residents

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 398-415

  Eimermann, Marco ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demographic shrinkage; interviews; rural idyll; rural place marketing; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MOBILITY; REGIONAL POLICY; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER;

NETHERLANDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84942795313     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776413481370     Document Type: Article

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