Understanding 'local' opposition to wind development in the UK: How big is a backyard?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3106-3117

  Jones, Christopher R ^a   Richard Eiser, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; NIMBY; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GENERATING CAPACITY; OFF-SHORE; OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LOCATION; WIND POWER;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950929882     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.051     Document Type: Article

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