State imaginaries of the public good: Shaping UK innovation priorities for bioenergy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-49

  Levidow, Les ^a   Papaioannou, Theo ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; Discourse; Innovation; Sociotechnical imaginaries; UK policy

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; HYDROGEN; OIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877602819     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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