Wind power in UK and Denmark: Can rational choice help explain different outcomes?

Environmental Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 83-100

  Toke, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

DENMARK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036939627     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714000647     Document Type: Article

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