A framework for reviewing the trade-offs between, renewable energy, food, feed and wood production at a local level

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-142

  Burgess, Paul J ^a   Rivas Casado, Monica ^a   Gavu, Jerry ^a   Mead, Andrew ^b   Cockerill, Tim ^c   Lord, Richard ^d   Van Der Horst, Dan ^e   Howard, David C ^f  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Energy; Food; Landscape; Wind; Wood

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY SECURITY; FOOD PRODUCTS; FUEL ECONOMY; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND; WIND TURBINES; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ENERGY; HIGH-YIELDING CROPS; LANDSCAPE; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; POPULATION DENSITIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENERGY POLICY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTION; ETHANOL; FARM CROPS; FOOD; LAND USE; POWER GENERATION; STATISTICS; SUN LIGHT; WIND; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 82355185724     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.142     Document Type: Review

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