Exploring the landscape of wind farm developments; local area characteristics and planning process outcomes in rural England

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-221

  van der Horst, Dan ^a   Toke, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic deficit; Environmental equity; Planning process; Social capital; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; PLANNING PROCESS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449644301     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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