Wind energy on the Isle of Lewis: Implications for deliberative planning

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2516-2536

  Fisher, Janet ^a   Brown, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY PLANNING; PLANNING PROCESS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

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

EID: 70350521700     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a41129     Document Type: Article

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