Constructing sustainable biofuels: Governance of the emerging biofuel economy

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 827-838

  Bailis, Robert ^a   Baka, Jennifer ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Environmental governance; Land use change

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CIVIL SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE CHANGE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958721593     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.568867     Document Type: Article

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