Methodology for the assessment of the impact of existing high voltage lines in urban areas

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6036-6044

  Sumper, Andreas ^a,b   Boix Aragonès, Oriol ^a   Villafáfila Robles, Roberto ^a   Bergas Jané, Joan ^a   Ramírez Pisco, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; High voltage lines; Social impact

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY;

BARCELONA; CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; ENERGY PLAN; HIGH VOLTAGE LINE; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN AREAS; WEIGHT FACTOR; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77956407039     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.059     Document Type: Article

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