Social perspectives on wind-power development in West Texas

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 839-851

  Brannstrom, Christian ^a   Jepson, Wendy ^a   Persons, Nicole ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Q methodology; Social perspective; Texas; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; OWNERSHIP; STAKEHOLDER; TAX SYSTEM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958760590     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.568871     Document Type: Article

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