Attitudes towards offshore wind farms-The role of beach visits on attitude and demographic and attitude relations

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1297-1304

  Ladenburg Jacob, J ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitude formation; Attitude towards offshore wind farms; Coastal user specific attitude

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE FORMATION; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; WIND POWER PROJECTS;

BEACHES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BEACH; TURBINE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EID: 75449115618     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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