Learning from Wind Power: Governance, Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy (Energy, Climate and the Environment)

Szarka, Joseph; Cowell, Richard; Ellis, Geraint; Strachan, Peter A.; Warren, Charles

ISBN 10: 1349334960 / ISBN 13: 9781349334964

Published by MacMillan, 2012

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pp. 259.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning from Wind Power: Governance, Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy (Energy, Climate and the Environment)
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349334960
• ISBN 13: 9781349334964
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies.

About the Author

PATRICK DEVINE-WRIGHT holds a chair in Human Geography at the University of Exeter, UK DAVID ELLIOTT Emeritus Professor in Technology Policy at the Open University, UK CLAIRE HAGGETT Lecturer in the Sociology of Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh, UK ROBERT HOBARTY Energy and sustainable development expert STEFANIE HUBER holds a master degree in Environmental Sciences and a certificate in teaching on environmental issues STEPHEN JAY Lecturer in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK DAVID JONES Lecturer in Business Strategy and the Environment, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, UK VOLKMAR LAUBER Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Salzburg, Austria ALAIN NADAI Socio-economist and research director at CIRED, France MARTIN J. PASQUALETTI Professor of Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, USA SIMON POWER Associate Director at Arup, UK