The European landscape convention, wind power, and the limits of the local: Notes from Italy and Sweden

Landscape Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-485

  Oles, Thomas ^a   Hammarlund, Karin ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corruption; Dalarna; European landscape convention; Heritage; Italy; Landscape planning; Sicily; Sweden; Wind power

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; WIND POWER;

DALARNA; ITALY; SICILY; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960553091     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2011.582942     Document Type: Article

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