Olivebranches and idiot's guides: Frameworks for community engagement in Australian wind farm development

Energy Policy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-147

  Howard, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Framework analysis; Legal requirements; Wind farm development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; INVESTMENTS; WIND POWER;

BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; COMMUNITY GOVERNANCES; CURRENT REGULATIONS; FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES; WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGAL SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84921632005     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.12.026     Document Type: Article

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