Contribution of renewable energy sources to the sustainable development of islands: An overview of the literature and a research agenda

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 783-811

  Jaramillo Nieves, Loraima ^a   del Río, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Islands; Renewable energy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866874612     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2030783     Document Type: Review

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