Mots-clés
Allemagne ; Energie ; Externalités ; Ferme éolienne offshore ; Impact ; Littoral ; Opposition locale ; Paysage ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland ; TourismeCoastal environment ; Energy ; Externalities ; Germany ; Impact ; Landscape ; Scotland ; Tourism ; United KingdomAlemaña ; Energía ; Escocia ; Externalidades ; Impacto ; Litoral ; Paisaje ; Reino Unido ; TurismoThe Resurgent Conflict Between Offshore Wind Farms and Tourism : Underlying Storylines
Geography, communities and energy futures : alternative research paths
Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)
RUDOLPH, D.
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Royaume-Uni
Description :
Efforts to put offshore wind farms in place have demonstrated that these are far from being conflict-free, evoking confrontations with a number of stakeholders' interests. One of the most persistent conflict lines refers to the feared adverse externalities on coastal tourism, although tourist surveys and initial empirical evidence seem to reflect the opposite. This paper explicitly addresses this gap and explores how and why certain stakeholders rationalise potential impacts on the tourism economy of coastal communities and, thus constitute the conflict between offshore wind farms and tourism. Based on two cases studies in Scotland and Germany, five storylines are identified that are invoked by local opponents to substantiate impacts on tourism. The paper will show that a particular meaningful construction of the coastal landscape is inherent in tourism and pervades all storylines. It is concluded that arguments of both opponents and decision-makers are embedded in epistemic uncertainty which necessitates a thorough consideration of oppositional arguments in the planning process for offshore wind farms.
Type de document :
Article de monographie
Source :
Scottish geographical journal (Online), issn : 1751-665X, 2014, vol. 130, n°. 3, p. 1-21, nombre de pages : 21, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.
Date :
2014
Identifiants :
eurl : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2014.914239
Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis
Langue :
Anglais
Anglais
Droits :
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