Use of Geospatial Data in Planning for Offshore Wind Development

Madsen, John A.; Bates, Alison; Callahan, John A.; Firestone, Jeremy

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1858-6_16

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“…Although technically offshore wind projects fall under the conceptual umbrella of marine spatial planning (Madsen et al 2011), the land use planning framework is useful for understanding the tensions that arise around offshore developments as well. Indeed, offshore wind power projects are likely to have conflict dimensions that are central to land use planning.…”

Section: Wind Power Development Planning and Procedural Fairnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public acceptance of offshore wind power: does perceived fairness of process matter?

Firestone¹,

Kempton²,

Lilley³

et al. 2012

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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This paper analyses the findings of recent mail surveys of residents living near two proposed offshore wind power projects -Cape Wind off Massachusetts and Bluewater Wind off Delaware. In 2009, 57% supported Cape Wind, while 80% supported Bluewater Wind. To measure the relationship between perceptions of public process and substantive support or opposition, we assessed opinions of procedural fairness, local community voice and trust in developers. A plurality of residents in both cases is relatively satisfied with the process, while statistical modelling suggests that satisfaction with the process and outcome may be mutually reinforcing or jointly determined.

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Section: Wind Power Development Planning and Procedural Fairnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public acceptance of offshore wind power: does perceived fairness of process matter?

Firestone¹,

Kempton²,

Lilley³

et al. 2012

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…MSP at the national scale is best observed through experiences of other countries. Looking to examples in Europe, MSP was mandated in several countries among the North and Baltic Seas, and has been largely a top-down approach resulting in data collection, mapping exercises, and culminating in sectoral or multi-use zones allocated to existing and future ocean users (Collie et al 2013; Madsen et al 2011). In Asia, China has traditionally engaged in MSP using a top-down approach akin to ocean zoning, and has more recently incorporated ecosystem principles, although is still managed by the ruling party of China (Lu et al 2015).…”

Section: National Scale Mspmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting Approaches to Marine Spatial Planning: Perspectives on and Implications for the United States

Bates¹

2017

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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Marine spatial planning (MSP) offers an operational framework to address sustainable and well-planned use of ocean space. Spatial allocation has traditionally been single-sector, which fails to account for multiple pressures on the marine environment and user conflicts. There is a need for integrated assessments of ocean space to advance quantitative tools and decision-making. Using the example of offshore wind energy, this article offers thoughts about how MSP has evolved in the United States and how the varying scales of MSP achieve different outcomes. Finally, a review of quantitative and qualitative studies that are needed to support MSP are presented.Key Words: MSP, Tradeoffs, Stakeholder Engagement, Offshore Wind EnergyThe oceans and coasts host countless recreational, commercial, scientific, and security-related activities that often occur near the areas determined as and managed for resource protection and conservation goals (The White House Council on Environmental Quality 2010). Today, human activities -fishing, shipping, cable crossings, pipelines, and recreational activities -require a considerable amount of ocean space and place stress on marine ecosystems. Marine spatial planning (MSP) considers the interaction among various uses of the ocean in spatial and temporal scales and represents a powerful method for reconciling diverse and often seemingly overlapping needs of ocean users. As human development has expanded on land, constraints and future developments have long been managed through land use policies that employ zoning and land use restrictions (e.g., Sanchirico et al. 2010), but

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