Community benefits, framing and the social acceptance of offshore wind farms: An experimental study in England

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2014, Pages 46-54

  Walker, Benjamin J A ^a   Wiersma, Bouke ^a   Bailey, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community benefits; Framing; Public engagement; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923066355     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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