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Learning from Wind Power

Governance, Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Szarka

    1. Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath, UK

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  2. Richard Cowell

    1. School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, UK

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  3. Geraint Ellis

    1. School of Planning Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

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  4. Peter A. Strachan

    1. Aberdeen Business School, Strategy and Policy Group, Robert Gordon University, UK

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  5. Charles Warren

    1. Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Wind Power: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future?

    1. Wind Power: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future?

      • Charles Warren, Richard Cowell, Geraint Ellis, Peter A. Strachan, Joseph Szarka
      Pages 1-14

  4. Societal Engagement with Wind Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. The Misdirected Opposition to Wind Power

      • Martin J. Pasqualetti
      Pages 133-152

    3. The Social Experience of Noise from Wind Farms

      • Claire Haggett
      Pages 153-173

    4. Navigating a Minefield? Wind Power and Local Community Benefit Funds

      • Peter A. Strachan, David R. Jones
      Pages 174-193

    5. Fostering Public Engagement in Wind Energy Development: The Role of Intermediaries and Community Benefits

      • Patrick Devine-Wright
      Pages 194-214

    6. Social Acceptance of Wind Power Projects: Learning from Trans-National Experience

      • Stefanie Huber, Robert Horbaty, Geraint Ellis
      Pages 215-234

    7. Drawing Lessons from Wind Power for Future Sustainable Energy

      • Joseph Szarka, Geraint Ellis, Richard Cowell, Peter A. Strachan, Charles Warren
      Pages 235-253

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 255-259
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About this book

Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies.

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'What the book does well is to identify and disucss several barriers to making wind projects more acceptable for communities and environmental groups...Learning from Wind Power is an accessible and weighty contribution to the field.' - Ralitsa Hiteva, Sustainable Consumption Institute and School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Environment and Planning

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath, UK

    Joseph Szarka

  • School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, UK

    Richard Cowell

  • School of Planning Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

    Geraint Ellis

  • Aberdeen Business School, Strategy and Policy Group, Robert Gordon University, UK

    Peter A. Strachan

  • Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, UK

    Charles Warren

About the editors

PATRICK DEVINE-WRIGHT holds a chair in Human Geography at the University of Exeter, UK DAVID ELLIOTT Emeritus Professor in Technology Policy at the Open University, UK CLAIRE HAGGETT Lecturer in the Sociology of Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh, UK ROBERT HOBARTY Energy and sustainable development expert STEFANIE HUBER holds a master degree in Environmental Sciences and a certificate in teaching on environmental issues STEPHEN JAY Lecturer in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK DAVID JONES Lecturer in Business Strategy and the Environment, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, UK VOLKMAR LAUBER Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Salzburg, Austria ALAIN NADAI Socio-economist and research director at CIRED, France MARTIN J. PASQUALETTI Professor of Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, USA SIMON POWER Associate Director at Arup, UK

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