Property stigma: Wind farms are just the latest fashion

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 626-651

  Sims, Sally ^a   Dent, Peter ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Property finance; Renewable energy; Residential property; United Kingdom; Wind power; Windmills

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548936485     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780710829315     Document Type: Article

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