Preservation of Agricultural Land as an Issue of Societal Importance

Elin Slätmo

doi:10.16993/rl.39

Preservation of Agricultural Land as an Issue of Societal Importance

Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History

Volume 4 (2017): Issue 1

By: Elin Slätmo

Open Access

|Dec 2017

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