Valuing public engagement with energy system transitions: the importance of what lies beneath

Carbon Management

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 659-662

  Butler, Catherine ^a   Demski, Christina ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

energy system transformations; low carbon transitions; public engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890318973     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.64     Document Type: Note

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