Societal acceptance of wind farms: Analysis of four common themes across Australian case studies

Hall, Nina; Ashworth, Peta; Devine‐Wright, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.009

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“…7 The literature rather identifies process-related aspects, such as transparency, procedural fairness, and political and economic participation as the main drivers of the acceptance of particular wind turbine projects (see, for example, Devine-Wright (2005), Hall et al (2013), or Ek and Persson (2014)). …”

Section: Stated Preference Approaches: Contingent Valuation or Discrementioning

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Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind? The Effect of Wind Turbines on Residential Well-Being

Krekel

Zerrahn

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science. Terms of use: Documents inThe decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. AbstractWe investigate the effect of the physical presence of wind turbines on residential wellbeing in Germany, using panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and a unique novel panel data set on more than 20,000 wind turbines for the time period between 2000 and 2012. Using a Geographical Information System (GIS), we calculate the proximity between households and the nearest wind turbine as the most important determinant of their disamenities, e.g. visual interference into landscape aesthetics.Our unique novel panel data set on wind turbines, which was collected at the regional level, includes their exact geographical coordinates and construction dates. This allows estimating the causal effect of the physical presence of wind turbines on residential wellbeing, using a difference-in-differences design. To ensure comparability of the treatment and control group, we apply propensity-score and novel spatial matching techniques based on exogenous weather data and geographical locations of residence, respectively.We show that the construction of a wind turbine within a treatment radius of 4,000 m...

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Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind? The Effect of Wind Turbines on Residential Well-Being

Krekel

Zerrahn

2015

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“…There are a number of factors that may shape the local acceptance of community wind energy schemes, including the size and location of the turbines (Barry and Chapman, 2009), and the level of distributive justice in how the benefits and burdens of a project are shared (Hall et al, 2013). However, this paper focuses specifically on one important condition of local acceptance -the perceived fairness or 'procedural justice' (Bell and Rowe, 2012;Schlosberg, 2007;Sovacool et al, 2014; of decision-making processes during the planning and implementation of a community wind energy project.…”

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Procedural justice and the implementation of community wind energy projects: A case study from South Yorkshire, UK

Simcock

2016

Land Use Policy

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Highlights Examines perceptions of 'procedural justice' in the implementation of a community wind project.  Challenges the notion that community energy projects will always be considered locally fair. Provides lessons of how procedural justice might be achieved in community energy schemes. AbstractIn policy and activist discourses there is often an expectation that community wind energy projects will avoid the conflicts and local opposition often associated with private-developer-led developments.However, the empirical validity of this assertion has not been widely investigated. In previous research on private-developer wind projects, the fairness of decision-making processes ('procedural justice') during project implementation has been identified as an important factor in shaping local acceptance, but has not been deeply studied in relation to community-led schemes. Using in-depth qualitative research of a proposed community wind project in South Yorkshire, this paper examines stakeholder interpretations of procedural justice during the design and siting of this scheme. Although the project leaders explicitly aimed for a fair and 'democratic' implementation process, considerable conflict emerged over whether this goal was achieved. The analysis shows that these conflicting views were the result, firstly, of different normative expectations of what 'procedural justice' actually meant and involved, and, secondly, of contrasting stakeholder experiences of the decision processes that were utilised. It cannot be assumed that community wind projects will always be considered procedurally just at the local level, with much resting on the details of how they are undertaken.

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“…The pressure of these global trends at the local scale (among other pressures) results in land use change, where one land use is intentionally converted into another type of land use (Williams and Schirmer 2012). For example, policy to address climate change may promote or discourage 'carbon farming' (Witt et al 2011) or the development of renewable energy facilities (Hall et al 2013). Population growth will necessitate provision of housing, which may require the release of undeveloped land for residences (Sushinsky et al 2013).…”

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“…Land use change becomes land use conflict when the individuals or groups concerned become aware of their disagreement with each other. These disagreements may be related to aspects of the land use change such as procedural and distributive fairness and impacts on human values, landscape values, human health and wellbeing, community cohesion, and property rights (Wester-Herber 2004;Schirmer et al 2008;Williams 2011;Brown 2012;Reeson et al 2012;Hall et al 2013;Jacquet and Stedman 2013;Brown and Raymond 2014;Botterill and Cockfield 2016). Land use conflicts are often dysfunctional, in that they are intractable social dilemmas where resolution considered satisfactory by all interested parties is unlikely (Gray 2004;Lane and Morrison 2006;Elix and Lambert 2007;Brummans et al 2008).…”

Section: Land Use Conflictmentioning

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“…This shift toward public involvement in ENRM decision-making has become an accepted part of ENRM (Grimble and Wellard 1997;Miller 1999;Reed et al 2008;Soma and Vatn 2014;Parsons et al 2014), and mirrors the norms of 'ENRM governance' . Through incorporation of the public into government decision-making processes, ENRM governance is expected to lead to better decision-outcomes which are more likely to enjoy public support (Williams and Schirmer 2012;Hall et al 2013;Fischer et al 2014).…”

Section: Rationalementioning

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

Colvin¹

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Conflict between stakeholders about environmental and natural resources management (ENRM) issues is a significant challenge for achieving sustainable outcomes for people and the environment.Although conflict can be a constructive and important part of deliberative processes, ENRM routinely experiences dysfunctional conflict, where people involved focus on their perceived incompatibilities rather than finding solutions for the problem. This form of dysfunctional conflict leads to decision-making stagnation and exacerbation of issues which require timely management.The self-perpetuating nature of conflict means that relationships between people and groups become strained, and the potential for cooperation and compromise is undermined. In ENRM, conflict is addressed, often implicitly, through the practice of stakeholder engagement. Although advancements have been made on stakeholder engagement processes through both research and practice, conflict continues to manifest in ENRM issues.This thesis investigates ENRM conflict through analysing the contribution of ENRM stakeholder engagement practice to the prevalence of dysfunctional conflict. In order to understand the hidden complexities and drivers of conflict, the social identity approach has been applied as a theoretical lens. The social identity approach is a theoretical perspective from social psychology which explains how people become members of groups, and how groups interact. As such it is well suited to a study of ENRM conflict, where the heart of the conflict is how groups of people -stakeholders -interact with each other.First, the thesis outlines the theoretical basis for the interest in ENRM conflict, and makes a case for both why stakeholder engagement processes are a critical aspect of conflict which are worthy of investigation, and why the social identity approach is a useful theoretical lens. Following this, a theory building approach to integration of the literature across disciplines is used to present a way of understanding the human dimension of ENRM conflict, and the argument is made for the use of the social identity approach. As a result, a clear distinction is made between 'stakeholders' and 'the citizenry', where stakeholders are formalised groups with a defined interest, and the citizenry is everyone else. An integrative conceptual model for ENRM conflict is created, and is analysed with the application of the social identity approach.Next, the thesis examines the processes taken by ENRM practitioners to identify stakeholders, thereby filling a recognised gap in the literature. This is undertaken with the use of semi-structured interviews with experienced ENRM practitioners, analysed qualitatively. As a result, a typology of approaches to identification of stakeholders is presented, and the previously proposed distinction iii between stakeholders and the citizenry is shown to be reflective of how practitioners categorise people in the context of ENRM issues.The thesis then investigates a case study of a large-scale wind energy d...

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Societal acceptance of wind farms: Analysis of four common themes across Australian case studies

Cited by 245 publications

References 28 publications

Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind? The Effect of Wind Turbines on Residential Well-Being

Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind? The Effect of Wind Turbines on Residential Well-Being

Procedural justice and the implementation of community wind energy projects: A case study from South Yorkshire, UK

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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