Envisioning and implementing wood-based bioenergy systems in the southern United States: Imaginaries in everyday talk

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 182-192

  Schelhas, John ^a   Hitchner, Sarah ^b   Brosius, J Peter ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Cultural models; Imaginaries; Southern United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033433664     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.042     Document Type: Article

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