Role of community acceptance in sustainable bioenergy projects in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 333-343

  Eswarlal, Vimal Kumar ^a   Vasudevan, Geoffrey ^b   Dey, Prasanta Kumar ^a   Vasudevan, Padma ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Community acceptance; Public perception

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE; COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS; DEVELOPING NATIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; LOCAL AIR POLLUTIONS; PRIME FACTORS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; PERCEPTION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84905232946     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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