Wind farm struggles in Flanders fields: A sociological perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-328

  Pepermans, Yves ^a   Loots, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

NIMBY; Social acceptance; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

FLANDERS; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; NIMBY; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SPATIAL PLANNING; SYMBOLIC DISTANCE; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

WIND POWER;

ENERGY PLANNING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84879503247     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.044     Document Type: Article

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