International experiences with opposition to wind energy siting decisions: lessons for environmental and social appraisal

Sammanfattning

The planning of renewable energy infrastructure has proven highly controversial across many countries. We critically examine the lessons that can be learned from research investigating the causes of controversy over wind turbines. The review focuses on a specific, but often highly controversial, component of planning practice: environmental and social appraisal. The review advances understandings of the reasons for contestation over the social impacts of wind turbines; the basis and legitimacy of plurality and contestation; and, the biases that tend to underpin understandings of the role and functioning of participation in appraisal. A typology of actors' attitudes to wind energy is employed to elucidate the implications of our review for appraisal practices. We conclude that a broader understanding of the societal purposes of public participation needs to be integrated into appraisal theory and practice, including an acceptance of the legitimacy of antagonism and dissent and its value in fostering social learning.

Nyckelord

appraisal; renewable energy; wind turbines; planning conflict

Publicerad i

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2019, Volym: 62, nummer: 7, sidor: 1109-1132
Utgivare: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU författare

• Cashmore, Matthew

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG7 Hållbar energi för alla


UKÄ forskningsämne

Kulturgeografi
Studier av offentlig förvaltning


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2018.1473150

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/101276