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Delivering on the Concept of Smart Villages – in Search of an Enabling Theory by Slee, Bill

“…Smart villages have been increasingly heralded as a development strategy for the European countryside but with no clear understanding as to what comprises a…”
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Social innovation in community energy in Scotland: Institutional form and sustainability outcomes by Slee, Bill

“…Both the policy context and institutional architectures for community engagement have changed rapidly in Scotland over last decade. After 2003, the early…”
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Place-Based Collaborative Action as a Means of Delivering Goods and Services in Rural Areas of Developed Economies by Slee, Bill, Hopkins, Jonathan

“…This paper challenges the simplified binary division of suppliers of goods and services into market or state categories and identifies the continued relevance…”
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Social Innovation in Community Energy in Europe: A Review of the Evidence by Hewitt, Richard J., Bradley, Nicholas, Baggio Compagnucci, Andrea, Barlagne, Carla, Ceglarz, Andrzej, Cremades, Roger, McKeen, Margaret, Otto, Ilona M., Slee, Bill

“…Citizen-driven Renewable Energy (RE) projects of various kinds, known collectively as community energy (CE), have an important part to play in the worldwide…”
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Social Innovation: The Promise and the Reality in Marginalised Rural Areas in Europe by Slee, Bill, Lukesch, Robert, Ravazzoli, Elisa

“…In this paper, we explore the idea of social innovation as both a conceptual and practical means of delivering positive social, economic and environmental…”
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School Closures as a Driver of Rural Decline in Scotland: A Problem in Pursuit of Some Evidence? by Slee, Bill, Miller, Dave

“…Closure of small schools has been a contentious policy issue, addressed most recently in the Schools Consultation (Scotland) Act 2010. Local authorities are…”
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Anticipating and Managing Future Trade-offs and Complementarities between Ecosystem Services by Reed, Mark S., Hubacek, Klaus, Bonn, Aletta, Burt, Tim P., Holden, Joseph, Stringer, Lindsay C., Beharry-Borg, Nesha, Buckmaster, Sarah, Chapman, Dan, Chapman, Pippa J., Clay, Gareth D., Cornell, Stephen J., Dougill, Andrew J., Evely, Anna C., Fraser, Evan D. G., Jin, Nanlin, Irvine, Brian J., Kirkby, Mike J., Kunin, William E., Prell, Christina, Quinn, Claire H., Slee, Bill, Stagl, Sigrid, Termansen, Mette, Thorp, Simon, Worrall, Fred

“…This paper shows how, with the aid of computer models developed in close collaboration with decision makers and other stakeholders, it is possible to quantify…”
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Is there a case for community-based equity participation in Scottish on-shore wind energy production? Gaps in evidence and research needs by Slee, Bill

“…This paper considers the potential rural development benefits of community ownership or co-ownership (or equity participation) of on-shore wind energy…”
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Leader: reflections on the promise and the reality by Slee, Bill

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Discourses of power: The development of small-scale hydropower in North East Scotland by Slee, Bill, Whitfield, Rachel, Whitfield, Stephen

“…This paper reviews the range of discourses associated with the emergent policies and practices associated with the development of micro hydropower in north…”
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An exploration of potential growth pathways of social innovations in rural Europe by Slee, Bill, Polman, Nico

“…This paper explores the range of expansion/development/growth pathways (or scaling) that might occur with social innovations, with reference to social…”
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Opportunities and Challenges for Terrestrial Carbon Offsetting and Marketing, with Some Implications for Forestry in the UK by Nijnik, Maria, Slee, Bill, Pajot, Guillaume

“…Background and purpose: Climate change and its mitigation have become increasingly high profile issues since the late 1990s, with the potential of forestry in…”
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Challenges in the design of indicators for assessing the impact of the Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007–2013 on climate change mitigation by Slee, Bill, Feliciano, Diana

“…This paper addresses the use of impact indicators with respect to climate change in the 2007–2013 Rural Development Programme (RDP) of the European Union, with…”
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Social indicators of multifunctional rural land use: The case of forestry in the UK by Slee, Bill

“…This paper reviews the problems surrounding the development of indicators for multi-purpose/multifunctional forestry in the United Kingdom. Because of…”
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Social innovation and global citizenship: Guiding principles for sustainable, just and democratic energy transition in cities by Segales, Marcelo, Hewitt, Richard J., Slee, Bill

“…In this paper, we examine the relationship of global citizenship to social innovation and propose a set of guiding principles to facilitate sustainable, just…”
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Social innovation: a preliminary exploration of a contested concept by Slee, Bill, Burlando, Catie, Pisani, Elena, Secco, Laura, Polman, Nico

“…This paper explores the contested concept of social innovation by using the ideas of discourse and framing as a lens to explore the contested definitions of…”
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Climate change mitigation options in the rural land use sector: Stakeholders’ perspectives on barriers, enablers and the role of policy in North East Scotland by Feliciano, Diana, Hunter, Colin, Slee, Bill, Smith, Pete

“…•Farmers are mainly willing to expand the uptake of mitigation practices they already implement.•Main barriers and enablers to uptake are…”
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A review on cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures related to the EU WFD: Key issues, methods, and applications by Balana, Bedru Babulo, Vinten, Andy, Slee, Bill

“…The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) explicitly integrates economics into water management and water policy in Europe. Specifically, Article 11 and…”
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The potential uptake of domestic woodfuel heating systems and its contribution to tackling climate change: A case study from the North East Scotland by Feliciano, Diana, Slee, Bill, Smith, Pete

“…This study explores the scope for increasing the contribution of woody biomass for private space and water heating in the North East Scotland, which…”
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Private woodland owners’ perspectives on multifunctionality in English woodlands by Urquhart, Julie, Courtney, Paul, Slee, Bill

“…Increasing emphasis is being placed in forest policies to deliver public goods such as biodiversity, recreation, landscape and carbon sequestration, alongside…”
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