Conflicting Environmental Visions of the Rural
Windfarm Development in Mid Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4446286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Wood (0000-0002-6216-142X), Michael Woods (0000-0003-3813-4138, Aberystwyth University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 271-288 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9523.00245 |
| OpenAlex | W1980648085 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 79 |
| References cited | 13 |
The development of wind turbine power stations in rural locations has become an increasingly controversial issue with conflict revolving around representations of nature and the balance that should be struck between the preservation of a local environment and landscape, and the wider concern of tacking climate change through reducing fuel dependency. As such, conflicts over 'windfarm' development provide a rare insight into how political actors negotiate and rationalise the often closed relationship between nature, environment and rurality that lies at the core of much contemporary rural policy and planning strategy. This paper explores these themes through examination of the debate that surrounded proposals to build Europe's largest 'windfarm' at Cefn Croes in Wales. By deconstructing the rhetoric employed by both sides in the conflict, the paper demonstrates how 'nature' is constructed in different ways to allow both lobbies to claim the environmental high ground, how lay discourses are contrasted with technical discourses, and how landscape is connected to the changing rural economy
Balance (ability) · Geography · Mosaic · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Rhetoric · Rural area · Rurality · Sociology · Vision · Law · Rural development and sustainability · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 79 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,43 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 77 |