Wind power and the NIMBY-myth: Institutional capacity and the limited significance of public support

Renewable Energy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-64

  Wolsink, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Institutional arrangements; Institutions; NIMBY; Siting; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SITE SELECTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; NOT IN MY BACKYARD SYNDROME; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE;

WIND POWER;

SITING; WIND POWER;

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; SITE SELECTION; WIND POWER;

EID: 0034287016     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(99)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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