Energy justice: A conceptual review

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 174-182

  Jenkins, Kirsten ^a   McCauley, Darren ^a   Heffron, Raphael ^b   Stephan, Hannes ^c   Rehner, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy economics; Energy justice; Energy policy; Whole energy systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945948255     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.10.004     Document Type: Review

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