Web-based GIS Approaches to Enhance Public Participation in Wind Farm Planning

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-172

  Berry, Robert ^a   Higgs, Gary ^a   Fry, Richard ^a   Langford, Mitch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WEBSITES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; PLANNING INFORMATION; PLANNING PROCESS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; VISUAL IMPACTS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; WEB BASED; WEB-BASED GIS; WIND FARM PLANNING;

VISUALIZATION;

GIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; VISUALIZATION; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 79953304884     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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