International Survey on Bioenergy Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Among Young Citizens

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-261

  Halder, Pradipta ^a   Prokop, Pavol ^b,c   Chang, Chun Yen ^d   Usak, Muhammet ^e   Pietarinen, Janne ^a   Havu Nuutinen, Sari ^a   Pelkonen, Paavo ^a   Cakir, Mustafa ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e ZIRVE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bioenergy; Knowledge; Perceptions; Young citizens

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

ATTITUDES; BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; YOUNG CITIZENS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85028106890     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-011-9121-y     Document Type: Article

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