Social barriers to renewable energy landscapes

Geographical Review

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-223

  Pasqualetti, Martin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape; Renewable energy; Society

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957514134     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2011.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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