Local mobilisation against windfarm developments in Spanish rural areas: New actors in the regulation arena

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4232-4240

  Moragues Faus, Ana M ^a   Ortiz Miranda, Dionisio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collective action; Rural areas; Windfarms

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LINE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY PLAN; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; MOBILISATION; NONLOCAL; REGIONAL GOVERNMENT; VALENCIA; WIND ENERGY; WIND FARM;

ENERGY POLICY; MACHINERY; WIND POWER;

RURAL AREAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ENERGY PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL AREA; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77952807598     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.053     Document Type: Article

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