The theory of planned behaviour as a model for predicting public opposition to wind farm developments

Read, Darryl L.; Brown, Rhonda F.; Thorsteinsson, Einar B.; Morgan, Methuen I.; Price, Ian R.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.001

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“…Van Rensburg et al [58] obtain the same result by focusing on local authority decisions. Read et al [57] identify several local community attributes related to wind farm project opposition, partially confirming the results of Jobert et al [56].…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Through this decision, we have also been assisted by the substantial research on the main drivers of public acceptance/opposition towards on-shore wind farms, see, among others, Aitken [53], Cass and Walker [54], Devine-Wright [55], Jobert et al [56] Read et al [57], van Rensburg et al [58], Rowlands et al [59], and Stigka et al [60]. Commenting on the attitude of the people towards RE, we have focused on four main questions that are of interest in the empirical analysis due to their relevance to the Umbria Region: This last topic is related to the impact of existing wind farms on the attitude and preferences of respondents.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Assessing the Determinants of Renewable Electricity Acceptance Integrating Meta-Analysis Regression and a Local Comprehensive Survey

Bigerna

Polinori

2015

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Abstract:In dealing with renewable electricity (RE), individuals are involved both as end-consumers on the demand side and as stakeholders (citizens) in the local production process on the supply side. Empirical evidence shows that in many countries, consumers are willing to pay a significant amount to facilitate adoption of RE. By contrast, environmental externalities are often the cause of strong opposition to RE adoption if local communities are involved as stakeholders in wind, solar or biomass investment projects. Looking at the literature on willingness to pay and on willingness to accept, we have investigated RE acceptance mechanisms. First, we have used the meta-analysis to assess the major determinants of RE acceptance on both demand and supply sides. Meta-analysis has provided some insights useful for managing field research on an onshore wind farm enlargement project located in the Umbria region. Meta-analysis and survey results confirm that the local community plays a central role in local RE acceptance. Furthermore, people who have previous experience with windmills require less compensation, or are willing to pay more, for RE development.Results suggest that these attributes should be included in future research to improve understanding of determinants of RE acceptance.

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Assessing the Determinants of Renewable Electricity Acceptance Integrating Meta-Analysis Regression and a Local Comprehensive Survey

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2015

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“…It can be assumed that people with a negative attitude will tend to remain rather negative, even after WTs have been constructed, as demonstrated in this study and also by Read et al [32]. Read et al found that a negative attitude toward wind farms tends to be based on a past attitude, and that the tendency to oppose wind farm developments is strongly associated with past oppositional behaviour (i.e.…”

Section: Public Opposition To/acceptance Of Wind Parkssupporting

confidence: 68%

“…Yes, No. The distance of 10 km was set on the basis of previous experience as a level at which a WT still has an impact on the aesthetic evaluation of a landscape [25,32]. In order to prevent any preliminary influence on the respondents' ratings, these questions were presented only after they had rated the set of images.…”

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How education orientation affects attitudes toward wind energy and wind farms: implications for the planning process

2016

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Background: Three groups of stakeholders are mainly involved in the planning, assessment, and approval processes for wind parks: the planners, the public, and the responsible public authorities. These groups have varying aims, and there are various ways of looking at proposals to set up a wind park. In particular, the viewpoints of planners and government officers are likely to differ. Planners are likely to focus on technical aspects of a wind farm project, while the public authorities are likely to be oriented toward environmental considerations. Methods: The effect of respondents' characteristics on landscape perception was analysed using generalized linear mixed models (GLMM). Set of various landscape images with and without wind turbines (WTs) was evaluated on a 15-points scale. The evaluation was accomplished with additional questions about general attitude toward wind energy, willingness to live close to WTs and presence of WTs near respondents´homes.

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Developing a social psychology of climate change

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Swim

2014

Euro J Social Psych

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and is mirrored by the lack of progress made by salient political summits (Rogelj et al., 2010). Perhaps as a response to this, scholarly journals and articles that are focused on climate change are growing. Natural scientists tell us that we know what needs to be done to avert dangerous climate change (IPCC, 2014), and economists tell us that delaying action in the short term will lead to much greater costs in the long term (Stern, 2007). Understanding public responses to climate change and developing solutions to catalyse action is a critical challenge for the social sciences, and we propose that the development and elaboration of a social psychology of climate change would be a cornerstone of such an approach.We do not make the claim that social psychology has all the answers but rather that the theories, models and research methods of social psychology can provide a powerful arsenal to complement the approaches of other disciplines. Researchers have already begun to apply social psychological theory and methods to the issue of climate change, and we highlight in the following sections examples of the insights that have flowed from this. We cannot assume, though, that our theories and findings will automatically generalise to the climate change context. As Moser (2010) has noted, there are unique dimensions to climate change that make it distinct from other environmental, risk and health issues: The causes of climate change are invisible to humans, the impacts are distal and it is complex and riddled with uncertainties. Modern urban humans are to some extent insulated from their physical environment, and the lags between the climate and social systems make it difficult for people to understand their role in influencing climate.These factors suggest the importance of developing a social psychology of climate change, empirically testing, integrating and refining existing theories and models to develop new frameworks. The notion that psychology can play a role in understanding and addressing climate change is not a new one. The American Psychological Association's Task Force on the interface between psychology and global climate change comprehensively detailed the ways in which psychological research can help to understand people's perceptions of the risks of climate change, the contribution of human behaviour to climate change, the psychosocial impacts of climate change, the ways in which people can adapt and cope with climate change and the psychological barriers that could limit climate change action (Swim et al., 2009.It is also not a new idea that social psychology can play an important role in understanding and addressing environmental problems and solutions (Clayton & Brook, 2005). Social psychology, specifically, has a long tradition of theory and research that is relevant to addressing key climate change questions. Attitudes, social cognition, persuasion and attitude change, social influence, and intragroup and intergroup behaviour, for instance, are fundamental foci for social psychology and have direc...

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The theory of planned behaviour as a model for predicting public opposition to wind farm developments

Cited by 73 publications

References 33 publications

Assessing the Determinants of Renewable Electricity Acceptance Integrating Meta-Analysis Regression and a Local Comprehensive Survey

Assessing the Determinants of Renewable Electricity Acceptance Integrating Meta-Analysis Regression and a Local Comprehensive Survey

How education orientation affects attitudes toward wind energy and wind farms: implications for the planning process

Developing a social psychology of climate change

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