Siting solar power in Arizona: A public value failure?

Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-186

  Pasqualetti, Martin J ^a   Schwartz, Cynthia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920936120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776707     Document Type: Chapter

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