Chinese university students' knowledge and attitudes regarding forest bio-energy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3649-3657

  Qu, Mei ^a,b   Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa ^a   Tahvanainen, Liisa ^a   Gritten, David ^a,c   Mola Yudego, Blas ^a,d   Pelkonen, Paavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio energy education; Energy policy; Student' attitudes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITIES; BIO ENERGY; CHINESE UNIVERSITIES; DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE; ENERGY EDUCATIONS; POLITICAL DECISION; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

STUDENTS;

CHINA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENERGY; FORESTRY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960975579     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.002     Document Type: Review

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