Public attitudes of wind energy in Texas: Local communities in close proximity to wind farms and their effect on decision-making

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2508-2519

  Swofford, Jeffrey ^a   Slattery, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Texas; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; HUMAN PERCEPTION; LOCAL COMMUNITY; NOT IN MY BACKYARDS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC SUPPORT; RAPID GROWTH; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY CAPACITY; WIND FARM; WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY RESOURCES; FARMS;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649179848     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.046     Document Type: Article

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