New frontiers and conceptual frameworks for energy justice

Energy Policy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages 677-691

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,b   Burke, Matthew ^c   Baker, Lucy ^b   Kotikalapudi, Chaitanya Kumar ^b   Wlokas, Holle ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate justice; Energy and ethics; Energy justice; Environmental justice

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CLIMATE JUSTICES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMBODIED EMISSIONS; ENERGY AND ETHICS; ENERGY JUSTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHICS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 85015002782     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.005     Document Type: Article

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