Sustainable Development for Whom and How? Exploring the Gaps between Popular Discourses and Ground Reality Using the Mexican Jatropha Biodiesel Case

Environmental Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 912-923

  Banerjee, Aparajita ^a   Halvorsen, Kathleen E ^a   Eastmond Spencer, Amarella ^b   Sweitz, Sam R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Jatropha; Just transition; Mexican bioenergy; Public perception; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS;

BIO-ENERGY; JATROPHA; JUST TRANSITION; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; MARKET TRANSITION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLANTATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JATROPHA; MEXICO; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TRENDS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

JATROPHA;

BIOFUELS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; JATROPHA; MEXICO; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85015782466     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0848-x     Document Type: Article

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