Powering "progress": Regulation and the development of michigan's electricity landscape

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 962-970

  Howell, Jordan P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Energy studies; Historical geography; Michigan; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958763736     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.569661     Document Type: Article

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