Discourses of energy infrastructure development: A Q-method study of electricity transmission line siting in the UK

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 942-960

  Cotton, Matthew ^a   Devine Wright, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LEGISLATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SOCIAL IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER;

ENGLAND; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958027063     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43401     Document Type: Article

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