Bioenergy development in Kentucky: A SWOT-ANP analysis

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-43

  Catron, Jonathan ^a   Stainback, G Andrew ^a   Dwivedi, Puneet ^b   Lhotka, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Kentucky; SWOT ANP; Woody bioenergy

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; FOREST POLICY; KENTUCKY; NETWORK PROCESS; SWOT-ANP;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY;

ENERGY POLICY;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY; FORESTRY; WOOD;

EID: 84875245763     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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