Near-shore wind power-Protected seascapes, environmentalists' attitudes, and the technocratic planning perspective

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Wolsink, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmentalists; Landscape values; Lanscape identity; Near shore; Offshore wind farm; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; FACILITY LOCATION; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SITE SELECTION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449638083     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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