The role of place attachment in community renewable energy: an interdisciplinary study

这一建议是一个合作的跨学科研究从人文地理和规划政策绘图。它解决了知识方面的双重差距;人们对地方依恋如何影响对社区能源项目的反应知之甚少，迄今为止也没有发表过研究报告，探讨如何更好地理解这一点，从而影响规划政策和实践。可再生能源得到了广泛的支持（ComRes，2016），但通常会有强烈的反对具体的建议，这可能导致计划被推迟或拒绝（Jonesand Eiser，2010）。地点依恋是人文地理学和环境心理学中用来研究人与地点之间情感联系的一个概念，它已被证明会影响人们对风力发电场等大规模可再生能源开发的反应（Devine-Wright，2011年a），其他大规模能源基础设施，如高压输电线（Devine-Wright，2013; Bailey et al，2016）和较小规模的社区能源项目（货车Veelen和Haggett，2016）。也有人建议，地方依附可以应用于规划政策，以告知社区参与和帮助管理冲突（Devine-Wright 2009）。有时认为社区所有权减少了对可再生能源项目的反对（Bell et al，2005），但货车Veelen & Haggett（同前）。他们对苏格兰高地的两个方案的分析是迄今为止唯一一项专门针对社区能量中的地点依恋的研究;地点依恋被发现影响着各种各样的反应。我的建议在将证据基础扩展到英格兰并包括对潜在政策应用的分析方面是新颖的。我的研究将基于康沃尔郡的案例研究，那里丰富的可再生资源因其对经济的贡献而成为政策的核心（康沃尔郡理事会，2013）。康沃尔理事会寻求更大的社区所有权的发电能力，并已创新包括在补充规划指导（康沃尔理事会，2016）。然而，交付缓慢，部分原因是当地的反对（Simpson，2017，Niven，2014）;我的研究通过了解反对的原因并寻找通过发展过程解决问题的方法来解决这个问题。

This proposal is for a collaborative interdisciplinary study drawing from human geography andplanning policy. It addresses a two-fold gap in knowledge; little is known about how placeattachment informs responses to community energy projects and no published studies todate have asked how a better understanding of this might inform planning policy andpractice.Renewable energy has widespread support (ComRes, 2016), but there is often strongopposition to specific proposals, which can lead to schemes being delayed or rejected (Jonesand Eiser, 2010). Place attachment, a concept used in human geography and environmentalpsychology to study the emotional bonds between people and places, has been shown toinfluence how people respond to large-scale renewable energy developments such as windfarms (Devine-Wright, 2011a), other large-scale energy infrastructure such as high voltagepower lines (Devine-Wright, 2013; Bailey et al, 2016), and smaller scale community energyprojects (van Veelen and Haggett, 2016). It has also been suggested that place attachmentmight be applied in planning policy to inform community engagement and help manageconflicts (Devine-Wright 2009).It is sometimes assumed that community ownership reduces opposition to renewable energyprojects (Bell et al, 2005), but van Veelen & Haggett (op. cit.) warn against this presumption.Their analysis of two schemes in the Highlands of Scotland is the only published study to datelooking specifically at place attachment in community energy; place attachment was found toinfluence widely varying responses. My proposal is novel in extending the evidence base toEngland and including an analysis of potential policy application.My study will be based on case studies in Cornwall, where plentiful renewable resources arecentral to policy for their contribution to the economy (Cornwall Council, 2013). CornwallCouncil seeks greater community ownership of generating capacity and has innovated inincluding this in supplementary planning guidance (Cornwall Council, 2016). Delivery has beenslow however, due in part to local opposition (Simpson, 2017, Niven, 2014); my studyaddresses this by developing understanding of the reasons for opposition and looking forways to address it through the development process.