TY - CHAP TI - Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Humans AU - National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC) T2 - Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects AB - This chapter addresses some key potential human impacts, positive and negative, of wind-energy projects on people in surrounding areas. The impacts discussed here include aesthetic impacts; impacts on cultural resources such as historic and archeological sites and recreation sites; impacts on human health and well-being, specifically, from noise and from shadow flicker; economic and fiscal impacts; and the potential for electromagnetic interference with television and radio broadcasting, cellular phones, and radar.Chapter from the book Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects CY - Washington, DC DA - 2007/08// PY - 2007 SP - 140 EP - 179 PB - The National Academies Press UR - https://www.nap.edu/read/11935/chapter/6 U1 - National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC) LA - English KW - Wind Energy KW - Land-Based Wind KW - Human Dimensions KW - Social & Economic Data ER -