Conflicted or constructive? Exploring community responses to new energy developments in Canada

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-51

  Shaw, Karena ^a   Hill, Stephen D ^b   Boyd, Amanda D ^c   Monk, Lindsay ^a   Reid, Joanna ^d   Einsiedel, Edna F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community; Governance; Local context; Low carbon energy systems; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929394817     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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