Opening up the "local" to analysis: Exploring the spatiality of UK urban decentralised energy initiatives

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1099-1116

  Devine Wright, Patrick ^a   Wiersma, Bouke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community energy; decentralised energy; local; scale; spatiality

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DECENTRALIZATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885426027     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.754742     Document Type: Article

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