A study of the emerging renewable energy sector within Iowa

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 882-896

  Kedron, Peter ^a   Sharmistha, Bagchi Sen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Policy; Regional system; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; INNOVATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958719335     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.568875     Document Type: Article

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