Planning globally, protesting locally: Patterns in community perceptions towards the installation of wind farms

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-177

  Kontogianni, A ^a   Tourkolias, Ch ^b   Skourtos, M ^c   Damigos, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b Centre for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Local acceptance; NIMBY syndrome; NIMFY syndrome; Noise and visual intrusion; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

GREECE; LOCAL ACCEPTANCE; NIMBY SYNDROME; NIMFY SYNDROME; NOISE AND VISUAL INTRUSION;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

WIND POWER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INSTALLATION; NOISE; PERCEPTION; POWER GENERATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; GREECE;

EID: 84890952905     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.074     Document Type: Article

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