Symmetries, expectations, dynamics and contexts: A framework for understanding public engagement with renewable energy projects

Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Walker, Gordon ^a   Devine Wright, Patrick ^b   Barnett, Julie ^d   Burningham, Kate ^d   Cass, Noel ^a   Devine Wright, Hannah ^c   Speller, Gerda ^d   Barton, John ^d   Evans, Bob ^d   Heath, Yuko ^d   Infield, David ^d   Parks, Judith ^d   Theobald, Kate ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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EID: 84920997161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776707     Document Type: Chapter

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