Biofuels, science and society

Interface Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Greenwell, Hugh Christopher ^a   Lloyd Evans, Meredith ^b   Wenner, Clare ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BioBridge Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Renewable Energy Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Socio technical analyses; Whole systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871709938     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2012.0093     Document Type: Article

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