Spatially uneven development and low carbon transitions: Insights from urban and regional planning

Energy Policy

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 500-510

  Balta Ozkan, Nazmiye ^a   Watson, Tom ^b   Mocca, Elisabetta ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Elliott Jaques Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low carbon transition; Regional energy transition; Regional science; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; URBAN GROWTH;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; LOW-CARBON ENERGY SYSTEMS; LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS; REGIONAL SCIENCE; SMART GRID; URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84940451051     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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