Reversing visibility analysis: Towards an accelerated a priori assessment of landscape impacts of renewable energy projects

Ioannidis, Romanos; Mamassis, Nikοs; Efstratiadis, Andreas; Koutsoyiannis, Demetris

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112389

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“…Figures that are lower than those found in another study, where 58% of respondents considered the landscape impact of wind energy to be negative (Blanco et al, 2007). In this sense, that these figures are not so representative, even though when the impact to landscapes and environment have been identified as major drivers of social opposition against renewable energy projects, has also been observed in rural areas where hardly any renewable energy projects have been developed, where respondents consider that corrective or compensatory measures could be applied in case of an impact (Tudela Serrano y Molina Ruiz, 2006;Ioannidis et al, 2022). Or even studies indicate how people sometimes attribute a positive aesthetic value to renewable energy projects, as symbols of progress, modernity and development (Zoellner et al, 2008;Enserink et al, 2022).…”

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How does society assess the impact of renewable energy in rural inland areas? Comparative analysis between the province of Jaén (Spain) and Somogy county (Hungary)

Rodríguez-Segura

Фролова

2023

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This article seeks to contribute to the knowledge of energy transitions in Europe by focusing on community perceptions in two European regions belonging to two divergent spatial models of energy transition on the continent. Through a series of questions, it addresses the social assessment of the impact of renewable energies in three main dimensions: environmental, landscape and socio-economic. The article is based on the comparison of two case studies, the province of Jaén (Spain) and the county of Somogy (Hungary). Both are characterised as rural inland regions with a similar level of renewable energy development (not very high) and fairly similar socio-economic characteristics (agrarian economy and ageing). The results show that there are no major differences between the two territories. In general, there is a tendency to assess the impact of renewable energies as negative, especially in the case of wind farms, with the exception of the positive assessment made by respondents when they were asked about local tourism. However, the option “No impact” was mainly selected by respondents when assessing the impact in most questions. Factors such as the lack of knowledge and information, the lack of social consideration in projects or even a lack of interest towards these topics could explain this social stance.

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How does society assess the impact of renewable energy in rural inland areas? Comparative analysis between the province of Jaén (Spain) and Somogy county (Hungary)

Rodríguez-Segura

Фролова

2023

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“…Hydroelectric power plants had the least impact, and wind farms had the greatest impact. In another work, Ioannidis et al [27] examined how to improve and accelerate the process of mitigating the impacts on the landscape through the redevelopment of an RES project visibility analysis. The authors theoretically and practically investigated the calculation of reverse visibility zones (R-ZTV) in the Greek region of Thessaly for significant landscape elements to project the visual impacts of planned wind energy projects on them.…”

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Visual Impact of Renewable Energy Infrastructure: Implications for Deployment and Public Perception

2023

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This study focuses on the specific topic of assessing the negative visual impacts associated with renewable energy infrastructure that may prevent their wider deployment in energy mix. The main objective of the paper is to quantify the perception of the visual impact of renewable energy infrastructure and to estimate potential changes in the visitation of a location after the construction of power plants. The research was conducted using a questionnaire survey in which 449 respondents evaluated edited photographic materials of seven locations with a fictitious power plant. The collected data served as input for the statistical testing of eight defined hypotheses using the U-Mann–Whitney test. The results confirmed trends regarding the influence of age, educational level, and power plant proximity on the overall acceptance of renewable energy infrastructure. Landscape-forming factors affecting the acceptance rate of power plants were also defined at the local level.

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“…Another area in which the matter of landscape perception has been of great importance is the renewable energy transition. During the first decades of this transition, it has been very challenging to predict and mitigate the impact of renewable energy structures and equipment on landscapes [9,10], and the lack of detailed perception has been one of the causes of this. Eventually, this has led to increased risks for projects during their planning and construction phases, originating from potential public opposition movements motivated by negative perceptions from a landscape impact context [11].…”

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“…Thus, renewable energy projects have been facing challenges and opposition with landscape-related motivation [12,13], which have been associated with significant economic damages (on the scale of $billions) [11,14] and developmental issues associated with delays in the implementation of renewable energy goals, e.g., in the EU of the Renewable Energy Directives and the European Green Deal [15]. A better understanding of both the perception of such infrastructure per se and of the perceived quality of living environments of citizens is crucial in order to be able to optimize the design and planning [16,17] of such works [9,18], avoiding problematic locations and protecting highly perceived ones.…”

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An Investigation of the Perception of Neoclassical, Eclectic, Modernist, and Postmodern Architecture within Different Urban Landscapes: Athens vs. Paris

Chesné,

Ioannidis

2024

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The public perception of buildings belonging to different architectural movements is a largely unexplored area from a quantitative scientific perspective. However, a better scientific understanding of perceptions of architectural movements is important for the formation of improved planning and design policies. In this work, we carry out an initial exploration of the public preferences of the architectural movements of Neoclassicism, Eclecticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. To this aim, a total of 103 citizens from Athens (Greece) and Paris (France) were presented with the same questions regarding their opinions on buildings belonging to those movements. In the analysis and interpretation of the collected data, the different cultural, professional, and demographic characteristics of participants were then considered, as well as the role of the urban landscapes of Athens and Paris as the historical, societal, and aesthetic contexts that influence and shape perceptions. The results demonstrated a clear and uniform prevalence of Neoclassical architecture in terms of positive public perception in both cities. Similarly, in both cities, Eclecticism followed with a relatively more positive perception than Modern and Postmodern architectural styles, which were rated the lowest. However, a significant difference between the two cities was that when participants singled out their primary favorite style, Modernism enjoyed higher favorability in Athens than in Paris. These findings and their theoretical exploration provide inferences into the complexities of public perceptions of architectural styles, with potential implications for the integration of citizen preferences into future research on architectural/urban design and planning.

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Reversing visibility analysis: Towards an accelerated a priori assessment of landscape impacts of renewable energy projects

Cited by 20 publications

References 77 publications

How does society assess the impact of renewable energy in rural inland areas? Comparative analysis between the province of Jaén (Spain) and Somogy county (Hungary)

How does society assess the impact of renewable energy in rural inland areas? Comparative analysis between the province of Jaén (Spain) and Somogy county (Hungary)

Visual Impact of Renewable Energy Infrastructure: Implications for Deployment and Public Perception

An Investigation of the Perception of Neoclassical, Eclectic, Modernist, and Postmodern Architecture within Different Urban Landscapes: Athens vs. Paris

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