Using GIS to estimate the replacement potential of solar energy for urban dwellings

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-68

  Rylatt, Mark ^a   Gadsden, Stuart ^a   Lomas, Kevin ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY USE; GIS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0037219680     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b12931     Document Type: Article

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