Gauging levels of public acceptance of the use of visualisation tools in promoting public participation; a case study of wind farm planning in South Wales, UK

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-251

  Berry, Robert ^a   Higgs, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IT based tools; public acceptance; public participation; Wales; wind farm planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INTERNET; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUALIZATION; WIND FARM;

SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84856841473     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.591925     Document Type: Article

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