Windfalls for whom? The evolving notion of 'community' in community benefit provisions from wind farms

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1108-1120

  Bristow, Gillian ^a   Cowell, Richard ^a   Munday, Max ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community benefit; Community governance; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84867207487     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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