Hydro-Electric Power Generation in the Highlands of Scotland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8963556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K J Lea, Katie Lea (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Issue | 46 |
| Pages | 155-155 |
| Publication date | 1969-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/621414 |
| OpenAlex | W2331348497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
BRITAIN at the present time is moving towards a policy of comprehensive planning, a central feature of which is the planning of the economy. The purely economic approach to the planning of the economy is tempered by many other considerations, especially aspects of social policy such as the maintenance of a regional balance of population and opportunity, and the preservation of regional identities and cultures; but within these limits, the aim of economic planning is to make the best possible use of the economic assets of the country, the size and skills of the labour force, the existing capital assets, the capital available for new investments and the agricultural and industrial raw materials. The future pattern of the economy is, however, extremely difficult to forecast, depending as it does on such imponderables as market and technical changes, and long-term planning of investment and resource utilization is correspondingly hazardous. The post-war history of planning for the future of Britain's coal industry provides one cautionary example.' The development of the hydro-electric power resources of the Highlands of Scotland over the last 80 years provides an interesting case study of the effects of market, technical and other changes on the pattern of exploitation of one particular resource. It provides an illustration of the difficulties and uncertainties which face any attempt at long-term resource development planning
Electric power · Geography · Physics · Power (physics · Thermodynamics · Environmental Science · Irish and British Studies
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 2017 (46) |
| Highly cited | No |