A polymorphic approach to policy analysis: A case study of ontario's ethanol in gasoline regulation

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-45

  Calvert, Kirby E ^a   Simandan, Dragos ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Canada; Network; Politics; Scale; Sociospatial theory

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84927920985     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geob.12064     Document Type: Article

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