From matters of fact to places of concern? Energy, environmental movements and place-making in Chile and Thailand

Geoforum

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-157

  Schaeffer, Colombina ^a   Smits, Mattijs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chile; Controversies; Environmental movements; Place making; Power plants; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELDWORK; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT;

CHILE; PATAGONIA; THAILAND;

EID: 84939226713     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.021     Document Type: Article

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