‘Planning and persuasion’: Public engagement in renewable energy decision-making

Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-28

  Haggett, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921000517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776707     Document Type: Chapter

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