Locating 'power' in wind power planning processes: The (not so) influential role of local objectors

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-799

  Aitken, Mhairi ^a   McDonald, Seonaidh ^a   Strachan, Peter ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Objections; Planning; Power; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EID: 57049129962     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560802423566     Document Type: Article

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