Out of sight but not out of mind? public perceptions of wave energy

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-157

  Baile, Ian ^a   West, Jodie ^b   Whitehead, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public perceptions; Quantitative and qualitative research; Risk and reward perceptions; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960510708     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2011.573632     Document Type: Article

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