Energy poverty in the European Union: Landscapes of vulnerability

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-289

  Bouzarovski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DOMESTIC ENERGY; ENERGY POVERTIES; ENERGY SERVICES; HIGH ENERGY PRICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84899054512     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.89     Document Type: Review

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