Making a living: Grassroots development initiatives, natural resource management and institutional support in Galicia, Spain

European Countryside

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-30

  García, María Dolores ^a   Swagemakers, Paul B ^b   Bock, Bettina ^b   Fernández, Xavier Simón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

endogenous knowledge; EU support schemes; interface analysis; natural resource management; rural development; rural economy; transition processes

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EUROPEAN UNION; INFRASTRUCTURE; LEARNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; STAKEHOLDER;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84943367093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18038417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10091-012-0011-x     Document Type: Article

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