Socioeconomic impacts of wind farm development: A case study of Weatherford, Oklahoma

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Greene, John Scott ^a   Geisken, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b WEATHERNEWS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Societal perceptions; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC MODELING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTION; THREE COMPONENT; WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WEATHERFORD;

EID: 84893462538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-3-2     Document Type: Article

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