Spatial planning of offshore wind farms: A windfall to marine environmental protection?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Punt, Maarten J ^a   Groeneveld, Rolf A ^a   van Ierland, Ekko C ^a   Stel, Jan H ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marine environmental protection; Offshore wind farms; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PROFITABILITY; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPILLOVER EFFECT; WIND FARM;

AVES;

EID: 70349504167     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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