Community support for campus approaches to sustainable energy use: The role of "town-gown" relationships

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2310-2318

  McComas, Katherine A ^a   Stedman, Richard ^a   Sol Hart, P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Decision making; Fairness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; COMMUNITY SUPPORT; DECISION MAKERS; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; FAIRNESS; KEY FACTORS; MAIL SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROJECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PURCHASING; WIND POWER;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY USE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953297085     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

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