Governance of energy transition in Iran: Investigating public acceptance and willingness to use renewable energy sources through socio-psychological model

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 565-573

  Yazdanpanah, Masoud ^a,b   Komendantova, Nadejda ^b,c   Ardestani, Roshanak Shafiei ^d  

^a Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University Ahwaz   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Lectu of Isfahan Sepehr Higher Education Institue   (Iran)

Author keywords

Renewable energies; Social acceptance; Theory of planned behavior and Iran

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CURRENT ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOURCE POTENTIALS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR AND IRAN;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84923364066     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.02.002     Document Type: Review

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