Social Planning for Energy Transitions

Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 77-84

  Miller, Clark A ^a   Richter, Jennifer ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Deliberation; Future; Governance; Imagination; Justice; Management; Organization; Policy; Power; Public; Redistribution; Scenario planning; Society; Socio energy systems; Sociotechnological systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; ENERGY FUTURE; ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; RECENT RESEARCHES; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS;

PLANNING;

EID: 84924057318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40518-014-0010-9     Document Type: Review

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