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Locating 'power' in wind power planning processes: the (not so) influential role of local objectors. (2008)
Journal Article
AITKEN, M., MCDONALD, S. and STRACHAN, P. 2008. Locating 'power' in wind power planning processes: the (not so) influential role of local objectors. Journal of environmental planning and management [online], 51(6), pages 777-799. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640560802423566

There have been conflicting accounts of the role and influence of local opposition within planning application outcomes for wind power developments. There is an expanding literature that considers public responses to proposed renewable energy develop... Read More about Locating 'power' in wind power planning processes: the (not so) influential role of local objectors..

Marketing sustainability: use of information sources and degrees of voluntary simplicity. (2008)
Journal Article
OATES, C., MCDONALD, S., ALEVIZOU, P., HWANG, K., YOUNG, W. and MCMORLAND, L-A. 2008. Marketing sustainability: use of information sources and degrees of voluntary simplicity. Journal of marketing communications [online], 14(5), pages 351-365. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13527260701869148

The concept of voluntary simplicity (VS) is taken as a starting point to investigate consumers' use of information sources when making purchases of sustainable technological products and services. Differences in information seeking and sources consul... Read More about Marketing sustainability: use of information sources and degrees of voluntary simplicity..

Means-end theory in tourism research. (2008)
Journal Article
MCDONALD. S., THYNE, M. and MCMORLAND, L.-A. 2008. Means-end theory in tourism research. Annals of tourism research [online], 35(2), pages 596-599. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2007.09.006

Means-end theory has been widely used in marketing to identify values-based motivations behind consumption (Reynolds and Olson 2001). It has also been adopted by researchers arguing that it deepens understanding of tourist behavior by linking specifi... Read More about Means-end theory in tourism research..