Beyond NIMBYism: Towards an integrated framework for understanding public perceptions of wind energy

Wind Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-139

  Devine Wright, Patrick ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public perceptions; public acceptability; NIMBYism; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WIND TURBINES;

CARBON EMISSIONS; NOT IN MY BACK YARD (NIMBY); PUBLIC PERCEPTION; WIND FARMS;

WIND POWER;

NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; PERCEPTION; PLANNING METHOD; WIND POWER;

EID: 20544458862     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.124     Document Type: Article

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