From the Old Path of Shipbuilding onto the New Path of Offshore Wind Energy? The Case of Northern Germany

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 835-855

  Fornahl, Dirk ^a   Hassink, Robert ^b   Klaerding, Claudia ^b   Mossig, Ivo ^a   Schröder, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SHIPBUILDING; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

GERMANY;

EID: 84861163519     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.667928     Document Type: Article

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