Renewable Energy, Authenticity, and Tourism: Social Acceptance of Photovoltaic Installations in a Swiss Alpine Region

Renewable Energy, Authenticity, and Tourism: Social Acceptance of Photovoltaic Installations in a Swiss Alpine Region

With the increasing emergence of renewable energy sites in Switzerland, new impacts on the landscape can be observed. Above the Alpine village of Bellwald, a pilot project testing avalanche barriers as a possible site for photovoltaic installations was inaugurated in 2012. This study focused on soci...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mountain Research and Development. - International Mountain Society. - 35(2015), 2, Seite 161-170
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Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Mountain Research and Development
Schlagworte:Solar energy social acceptance landscape change tourism authenticity place image Switzerland Physical sciences Applied sciences Social sciences mehr... Business Behavioral sciences Philosophy
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