Energy and environmental attitudes in the green state of Denmark: Implications for energy democracy, low carbon transitions, and energy literacy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 304-315

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,c   Blyth, Pascale L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy attitudes; Energy education; Energy literacy; Public acceptance; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GASOLINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETENCE; DENMARK; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84938890828     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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