Woodlots, wetlands or wheat fields? Agri-environmental land allocation preferences of stakeholder organisations in England and Ontario

Land Use Policy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2018, Pages 673-681

  Marr, Eric Joseph ^a   Howley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environmental management; Land sharing; Land sparing; Land use conflict; Semi structured interviews; Stakeholder preferences

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; STAKEHOLDER;

CANADA; ENGLAND; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED KINGDOM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85042592300     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.008     Document Type: Article

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