The effect of wind power installations on coastal tourism

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lilley, Meredith Blaydes ^a   Firestone, Jeremy ^a   Kempton, Willett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Contingent behavior; Offshore; Tourism; Wind power

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS;

CONTINGENT BEHAVIOR; DELAWARES; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS; OFFSHORES; PHOTO SIMULATION; WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 76049124291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3010001     Document Type: Article

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