Territory and energy sustainability: The challenge of renewable energy sources

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-472

  Bagliani, Marco ^a,c   Dansero, Egidio ^b,c   Puttilli, Matteo ^b,c  

^a IRES Piemonte: Socio Economic Research Institute of Piemonte   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Renewables; Sustainability; Territory

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DECENTRALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRITORIAL PLANNING;

EID: 77952727946     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640561003694336     Document Type: Article

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