Making electricity networks "visible": Industry actor representations of "publics" and public engagement in infrastructure planning

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-35

  Cotton, Matthew ^a   Devine Wright, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electricity networks; energy infrastructure planning; public and stakeholder engagement; representations of publics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856093367     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510362658     Document Type: Article

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