Social Perspectives on Wind-Power Development in West Texas
Social Perspectives on Wind-Power Development in West Texas
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西德克萨斯州风电开发的社会观点
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2011
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通讯作者：
Nicole Persons
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C. Brannstrom;W. Jepson;Nicole Persons
自2000年以来，美国风能发电能力每年增长24%，德克萨斯州成为领先的州。多维性、经济衰退和所有权参与假设主导了最近关于风能社会视角的地理研究。我们研究这些假设支持风力发电的角度来看，一个县，导致得克萨斯州的装机容量。使用Q-方法，我们提出了经验确定的，统计上显着的社会观点，关于风能。接受调查的主要行为者包括拥有风力涡轮机的土地所有者、民选政府官员和公务员以及著名的地方企业和社区领袖。我们确定了五个重要的观点群，这些观点在对风能的支持程度和对负面影响的担忧程度方面各不相同。利益相关者利用经济衰退的话语支持风电，但对税收政策和风电成本和收益分配的看法决定了关键行为者对风电发展的总体有利地位。所有权和参与的具体形式以及为吸引风力发电场而采取的减税措施构成了支持风力发电的论述框架。
Since 2000, U.S. wind-energy capacity has increased 24 percent per year, with Texas emerging as the leading state. Multidimensionality, economic decline, and ownership-participation hypotheses dominate recent geographical research on social perspectives toward wind energy. We examine these hypotheses regarding support of wind power from the perspective of a county that leads Texas in installed capacity. Using Q-method, we present empirically determined, statistically significant social perspectives regarding wind energy. Key actors surveyed included landowners with wind turbines, elected and civil service government officials, and prominent local business and community leaders. We identified five significant clusters of opinion varying in terms of degree of support for wind energy and concern for negative impacts. Stakeholders use economic decline discursively to support wind power, but views on tax policy and distribution of costs and benefits of wind power condition the overall favorable position of key actors to wind-energy development. Specific forms of ownership and participation and positions on tax abatements for attracting wind farms frame discourses of support for wind power.
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9
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Aitken, Mhairi
通讯作者：
Aitken, Mhairi
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7.1
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Van Der Horst D
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Van Der Horst D