Community opposition and public engagement with wind energy in the UK

Sustainable Systems and Energy Management at the Regional Level: Comparative Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 310-327

  Cotton, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898170725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-344-7.ch016     Document Type: Chapter

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