TY - JOUR
TI - From NIMBY to Acceptance: Toward a Novel Framework - VESPA - For Organizing and Interpreting Community Concerns
AU - Petrova, M
T2 - Renewable Energy
AB - Despite the prevailing national support for renewable energy development, the installation of wind energy turbines at the local level is often met with resistance. Opposition is commonly attributed to NIMBYism (Not-In-My-Back-Yard), which implies selfishness, ignorance, and irrationality on behalf of residents. This article examines the factors that lead to community support and opposition. Based on an in-depth literature review and surveys conducted in three Massachusetts towns, the author discards NIMBY as a valid explanation and proposes a novel framework (VESPA) for organizing community concerns into four categories—visual/landscape, environmental, socioeconomic, and procedural. By comprehensively assessing local concerns, VESPA seeks to help policy makers approach communities more effectively and thereby achieve wider acceptance of wind installations.
DA - 2016/02//
PY - 2016
VL - 86
SP - 1280
EP - 1294
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148115303268
DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2015.09.047
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Stakeholder Engagement
KW - Human Dimensions
ER -