Fostering community energy and equal opportunities between communities

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-408

  Park, Jung Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community capacity; community development; energy policy; equity; renewable energy; sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862109973     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.678321     Document Type: Article

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