Path creation in a single-industry town: The case of Verdal and Windcluster Mid-Norway

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-143

  Steen, Markus ^a   Karlsen, Asbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

oil gas; path creation; single industry region; wind energy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; ECONOMIC REFORM; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; LOCAL ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS PRODUCTION; OIL PRODUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WIND POWER;

NORD TRONDELAG; NORWAY; VERDAL;

EID: 84896474272     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2014.894564     Document Type: Article

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