The present and future use of 'land' below ground

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Evans, David ^a   Stephenson, Mike ^a   Shaw, Richard ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage (CCS); Compressed air; Document and media storage; Mass occupancy; Radioactive waste disposal; Underground gas storage; Waste recovery and disposal

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPRESSED AIR; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL GAS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 73249132995     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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