Transnational linkages in sustainability experiments: A typology and the case of solar photovoltaic energy in India

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-165

  Wieczorek, Anna J ^a,b   Raven, Rob ^b,c   Berkhout, Frans ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing Asia; Geography of sustainability transitions; Solar PV; Sustainability experiments; Transnational linkages

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TYPOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 84953838926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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