Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy: Trends, Concepts, and Geographies

Geography Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 853-866

  Fast, Stewart ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND TURBINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888859179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12086     Document Type: Article

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