Disruption to place attachment and the protection of restorative environments: A wind energy case study
Disruption to place attachment and the protection of restorative environments: A wind energy case study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.01.008
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Howes, Yuko
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作者：
Devine-Wright, Patrick;Howes, Yuko
鉴于许多国家的政策是减少化石燃料的使用，加深了解公众对大规模可再生能源项目的反应具有学术和实际意义。虽然邻避（Not In My Back Yard）概念通常被用来解释公众的反对，但这个概念受到了广泛的批评。本研究采用了另一种方法的基础上中断的概念，以地方依恋，社会表征的理论，重点是与拟议的项目和受其影响的地方相关的象征意义。经验数据是从一个案例研究中提供的拟议的750兆瓦海上风电场在北威尔士，采用小组讨论和向两个沿海城镇的当地居民发放的问卷调查（n = 488）。结果表明，每个城镇的居民在他们对该项目的反应之间存在显着差异，以及如何从自然/工业象征性的矛盾中产生反对意见：一个以风景优美为代表的地方，为居民和游客提供恢复性的环境，以及一个将该地区工业化的风电场和海湾中的“围栏”。在其中一个城镇，数据表明，项目和地方之间的矛盾被认为是对那些具有强烈地方依恋的人的身份的威胁，导致消极的态度和对立的行为。对关键行为者的信任水平调节了地方依恋和对风电场的负面态度之间的关系。结果提供了进一步的证据，地方附件的作用，在塑造所谓的“邻避”的发展建议的反应，并挑战的假设，海上风电场将证明比陆上争议较少。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Deepening understanding of public responses to large-scale renewable energy projects is of academic and practical importance, given policies to lessen fossil fuel use in many countries. Although the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) concept is commonly used to explain public opposition, the concept has been extensively critiqued. This study applies an alternative approach based upon the notion of disruption to place attachment, and the theory of social representations, with a focus upon the symbolic meanings associated with a proposed project and the places affected by it. Empirical data is provided from a case study of a proposed 750 MW offshore wind farm in North Wales, using group discussions and questionnaires distributed to local residents in two coastal towns (n = 488). Results indicate significant differences between each town's residents in their responses to the project, and how opposition arises from nature/industry symbolic contradictions: between a place represented in terms of scenic beauty that provides a restorative environment for residents and visitors, and a wind farm that will industrialise the area and 'fence' in the bay. In one of the towns, the data suggests that contradiction between project and place was experienced as a threat to identity for those with strong place attachment, leading to negative attitudes and oppositional behaviour. Levels of trust in key actors moderated the relation between place attachment and negative attitudes to the wind farm. The results provide further evidence of the role of place attachment in shaping so-called 'NIMBY' responses to development proposals, and challenge the assumption that offshore wind farms will prove less controversial than those onshore. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.