Is shale gas development perceived as sustainable? Insights from value-driven evaluations in the Netherlands

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-62

  Perlaviciute, Goda ^a   Steg, Linda ^a   Hoekstra, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Perceived environmental consequences; Public support; Sustainability claims; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975062395     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.002     Document Type: Article

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