Power and perception – From paradigms of specialist disciplines and opinions of expert groups to an acceptance for the planning of onshore windfarms in England – Making a case for Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11467114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tara Muthoora (0000-0001-5178-312X, University of Liverpool), Thomas B Fischer (0000-0003-1436-1221, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Pages | 104198 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Land Use Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-8377 • E-ISSN: 1873-5754 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104198 |
| OpenAlex | W2977804087 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Starting point for the research underlying this paper was the question why there were low rates of planning approval for Community Energy (CE) onshore windfarms in England, despite an overall supportive policy position. In order to get an indication for possible reasons, results of an in-depth review of one community driven project are provided; the Valley Wind Cooperative (VWC) in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. Importantly, a disconnect between policy and practice is observed. Views and associated perceptions of experts of certain disciplines, including e.g. landscape architecture, ecology and tourism development represent specialised but not necessarily more widely shared values of local communities. They play a particular important role in explaining the disconnect. In the presence of an overall positive attitude towards windfarm proposals of local communities, this is problematic as it prevents socially accepted projects from gaining approval. Whilst social impact assessment (SIA) can facilitate debate and community support, trade-offs between different views need to be balanced and should not be dominated by perceptions of particular (disciplinary) groups
Business · Discipline · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Order (exchange · Perception · Political science · Position (finance · Public relations · Social acceptance · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Law · Psychology · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Social Psychology · Underground infrastructure and sustainability · Wind Energy Research and Development
From social ‘acceptance’ to social ‘acceptability’ of wind energy projects
International Principles For Social Impact Assessment
Why Bother with Good Works? The Relevance of Public Participation(s) in Planning in a Post-collaborative Era
Informal strategies of power in the local planning system
Re-visiting the ‘social gap
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Technique Triangulation for Validation in Directed Content Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |