Web-based GIS for collaborative planning and public participation: An application to the strategic planning of wind farm sites

Simão, Ana; Densham, Paul J.; Haklay, Muki

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.032

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“…V mnoha případech také zastavila realizaci projektů opozice sousedních obcí, které nejsou zahrnuty do sféry zájmu (Přikryl, 2007). Jako pomocný plánovací a rozhodovací nástroj mohou být vhodně aplikovány nástroje GIS, které dokáží provádět takzvanou analýzu viditelnosti, 3D vizualizace elektráren v krajině a mapy vymezující zóny finanční kompenzace na základě budoucí viditelnosti turbín, případně mohou pomoci "racionalizovat" plánovací a rozhodovací proces skrze širší účast veřejnosti (Ellwood, 2006;Simao et al, 2009). …”

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Jaké peníze přináší vítr? Ekonomický přínos větrné energie pro místní rozvoj v České republice

Frantál¹,

Kunc²,

Martinát³

et al. 2018

XXI. Mezinárodní Kolokvium O Regionálních Vědách, Kurdějov, 13. - 15. Června 2018

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Jaké peníze přináší vítr? Ekonomický přínos větrné energie pro místní rozvoj v České republice

Frantál¹,

Kunc²,

Martinát³

et al. 2018

XXI. Mezinárodní Kolokvium O Regionálních Vědách, Kurdějov, 13. - 15. Června 2018

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“…Model design for identifying renewable energy sources. GIS-based assessments have been used to evaluate renewable energy sources in the USA [12], developing Latin America countries, China, and Taiwan [13][14][15], solar radiation potential in rural India and Greece [16,17], community scale solar potential in the UK and California [18,19], and also to characterize site locations for wind farms [20] and manage community water resources [21,22]. 3.…”

Section: Renewable Energy Site Selectionmentioning

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A Geospatial Database for Wind and Solar Energy Applications: The Kingdom of Bahrain Study Case

Al-Joburi

Dahman

2017

E3S Web Conf.

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This research is aimed at designing, implementing, and testing a geospatial database for wind and solar energy applications in the Kingdom of Bahrain. All decision making needed to determine economic feasibility and establish site location for wind turbines or solar panels depends primarily on geospatial feature theme information and non-spatial (attribute) data for wind, solar, rainfall, temperature and weather characteristics of a particular region. Spatial data includes, but is not limited to, digital elevation, slopes, land use, zonings, parks, population density, road utility maps, and other related information. Digital elevations for over 450,000 spot at 50 m spatial horizontal resolution plus field surveying and GPS (at selected locations) was obtained from the Surveying and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB). Road, utilities, and population density are obtained from the Central Information Organization (CIO). Land use zoning, recreational parks, and other data are obtained from the Ministry of Municipalities and Agricultural Affairs. Wind, solar, humidity, rainfall, and temperature data are obtained from the Ministry of Transportation, Civil Aviation Section. LandSat Satellite and others images are obtained from NASA and online sources respectively. The collected geospatial data was georeferenced to Ain el-Abd UTM Zone 39 North. 3D Digital Elevation Model (DEM)-50 m spatial resolutions was created using SLRB spot elevations. Slope and aspect maps were generate based on the DEM. Supervised image classification to identify open spaces was performed utilizing satellite images. Other geospatial data was converted to raster format with the same cell resolution. Non-spatial data are entered as an attribute to spatial features. To eliminate ambiguous solution, multi-criteria GIS model is developed based on, vector (discrete point, line, and polygon representations) as well as raster model (continuous representation). The model was tested at the Al-Areen proposed project, a relatively small area (15 km 2 ). Optimum site spatial location for the location of wind turbines and solar panels was determined and initial results indicates that the combination of wind and solar energy would be sufficient for the project to meet the energy demand at the present per capita consummation rate..

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“…Public interactions with GIS-based interfaces to retrieve information and submit comments are largely experimental and very few practical applications have been implemented in participatory planning (e.g. Horita, 2000;Jordan and Shrestha, 2000;Kingston et al, 2000;Simão et al, 2009;Weiner and Harris, 2003). Although, as the case studies have demonstrated, it is argued that participatory GIS cannot be effective on its own, there is strong international support for the use of GIS as a complementary tool in public participation processes (González et al, 2008b).…”

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Applying geographic information systems to support strategic environmental assessment: Opportunities and limitations in the context of Irish land-use plans

González¹,

Gilmer²,

Foley

et al. 2011

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oThe strengthening of spatial database infrastructures, further promoted by the INSPIRE Directive adopted in 2007, has led to an increased use of spatial data in planning and decision-making. Given that land-use plans are intrinsically spatial, such evidence and approaches can significantly benefit plan-making. A spatial framework could especially support the specific Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) aspects of the plan-making process. Spatial tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are particularly well-placed to support the environmental integration sought in SEA by providing evidence through the spatial assessment of multiple environmental datasets. Moreover, GIS bring the opportunity to augment conventional assessment techniques (e.g. matrix-based assessments) by acting as visual mediators of spatial knowledge and by providing an effective tool for the spatial and temporal analysis of environmental impacts. This paper presents a GIS-based approach to SEA (GISEA), and analyses the above premise by evaluating the barriers, limitations, opportunities and benefits of its implementation. The GISEA approach has been applied to seven development plans of differing scales in the Republic of Ireland. The results of the case studies revealed that current issues in SEA (e.g. restricted time-frames and institutional arrangements) condition the implementation of a GIS-based approach. Moreover, GIS expertise, data accessibility and quality remain limiting factors to an effective GIS application in SEA. However, the results also confirmed that GIS have the potential to increase the objectivity and accuracy of the assessment, enhance both the understanding of environmental and planning considerations and the delivery of information, and, therefore, help to improve the effectiveness of SEA practice.

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Web-based GIS for collaborative planning and public participation: An application to the strategic planning of wind farm sites

Cited by 208 publications

References 26 publications

Jaké peníze přináší vítr? Ekonomický přínos větrné energie pro místní rozvoj v České republice

Jaké peníze přináší vítr? Ekonomický přínos větrné energie pro místní rozvoj v České republice

A Geospatial Database for Wind and Solar Energy Applications: The Kingdom of Bahrain Study Case

Applying geographic information systems to support strategic environmental assessment: Opportunities and limitations in the context of Irish land-use plans

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