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Focus: AAG 2015 Nystrom Competition Paper

Beyond the Edge and in Between: (Re)conceptualizing the Rural–Urban Interface as Meaning–Model–Metaphor

Pages 520-532 | Received 01 May 2015, Accepted 01 Apr 2016, Published online: 26 Aug 2016

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