Re-powering Scotland: Wind farms and the 'energy or environment?' debate

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-126

  Warren, Charles R ^a   Birnie, Richard V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Renewable energy; Scotland; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 70349827172     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702540802712502     Document Type: Article

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