Discourse, power, and energy conflicts: Understanding Welsh renewable energy planning policy

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 512-526

  Stevenson, Ruth ^a  

^a Centre for Alternative Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349098146     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c08100h     Document Type: Article

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