Greening local energy: Explaining the geographic distribution of household solar energy use in the United States

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-434

  Zahran, Sammy ^a   Brody, Samuel ^b   Vedlitz, Arnold ^b   Lacy, Michael ^a   Schelly, Chelsea Lynn ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Green communities; Household solar energy use; Solar heating

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; GIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449168793     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360802310594     Document Type: Article

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