Future-proofing the farm: On-farm wind turbine development in farm business decision-making

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-112

  Sutherland, Lee Ann ^a   Holstead, Kirsty L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Diversification; Post productivism; Renewable energy production; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CAPITAL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883727168     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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