Human Dimensions

Potential impacts on local communities, societies, and economies.

The development of wind energy and marine renewable energy projects will likely affect human activities both socially and economically. Evaluation of human perspectives, needs, and rights is necessary to ensure that the benefits of the project outweigh the cost to local communities, society, and the economy in addition to the natural environment. Common stakeholder concerns include loss of property value or annoyance due to visual impacts; changes access to fisheries or recreation; and loss of economic opportunity or livelihood. Conversely, potential benefits of the development of wind energy and marine renewable energy projects include the creation of new jobs, increased tourism, and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.

Included in Human Dimensions are the following considerations: Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Justice, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Life Cycle Assessment, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, and Visual Impacts.

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Human Dimensions.

Total: 3813

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Drivers of European bat population change: a review reveals evidence gaps Browning, E., Barlow, K., Burns, F. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Bats, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
The Merits of Loop Analysis for the Qualitative Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems in Presence of Offshore Wind Farms Niquil, N., Scotti, M., Fofack-Garcia, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Life Cycle Assessment of an Oscillating Wave Surge Energy Converter Apolonia, M., Simas, T. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Integrating Social and Ecological Research on the Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in North America ten Brink, T., Dalton, T., Livermore, J. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Habitat Change Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data
Towards sustainable blue energy production: an analysis of legal transformative and adaptive capacity Simila, J., Soininen, N., Paukku, E. Journal Article Marine Energy, Riverine, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
A Multi-Criteria Approach to Evaluate Floating Offshore Wind Farms Siting in the Canary Islands (Spain) Díaz, H., Soares, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Habitat Change Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Against the Tide: Potential for Marine Renewable Energy in Eastern and Southern Africa Belletti, E., McBride, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Riverine, Tidal Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Insights and recommendations for involving young people in decision making for the marine environment Devenport, E., Brooker, E., Brooker, A. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Strategic Environmental Assessment and the precautionary principle in the spatial planning of wind farms – European experience in Serbia Josimović, B., Cvjetić, A., Furundžić, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy
Local labor impact of wind energy investment: An analysis of Portuguese municipalities Costa, H., Veiga, L. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Biological Environmental Background Report for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Wind Energy Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Offshore Wind Market Development and Transmission in the U.S. Northeast Smith, K. Thesis Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Farmers vs. lakers: Agriculture, amenity, and community in predicting opposition to United States wind energy development Bessette, D., Mills, S. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Co-production in the wind energy sector: A systematic literature review of public engagement beyond invited stakeholder participation Solman, H., Smits, M., Vliet, B. Journal Article Wind Energy Habitat Change, Noise Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Resident perceptions of local offshore wind energy development: Modeling efforts to improve participatory processes Gonyo, S., Fleming, C., Freitag, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Fishing within offshore wind farms in the North Sea: Stakeholder perspectives for multi-use from Scotland and Germany Schupp, M., Kafas, A., Buck, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning, Stakeholder Engagement
Valorisation perspectives for offshore wind energy innovation projects Behrens, C., Brouwer, E., Winkelmolen, R. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Energy-food nexus in the marine environment: A macroeconomic analysis on offshore wind energy and seafood production in Scotland Qu, Y., Hooper, T., Swales, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data
Sustainable site selection of offshore wind farms using GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis and analytical hierarchy process. Case study: Island of Crete (Greece) Gkeka-Serpetsidaki, P., Tsoutsos, T. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data
Four steps for the Earth: mainstreaming the post-2020 global biodiversity framework Milner-Gulland, E., Addison, P., Arlidge, W. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Land-use impacts of Brazilian wind power expansion Turkovska, O., Castro, G., Klingler, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton Colombano, D., Litvin, S., Ziegler. S. Journal Article Human Dimensions
A new hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for location selection of sustainable offshore wind energy stations: A case study Abdel-Basset, M., Gamal, A., Chakrabortty, R. Journal Article Wind Energy Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
NABat: A top-down, bottom-up solution to collaborative continental-scale monitoring Reichert, B., Bayless, M., Cheng, T. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Bats, Human Dimensions
Evaluation of marine spatial planning requires fit for purpose monitoring strategies Stelzenmüller, V., Cormier, R., Gee, K. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
SafeWave Deliverable 6.1 Gathering, Editing and Management of Relevant Information for Identifying Suitable Areas for the Development of Wave Energy Projects Galparsoro, I., Mandiola, G., Pouso, S. Report Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions
Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply Gernaat, D., de Boer, H., Daioglou, V. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions
A new method to estimate the economic activity supported by offshore wind: A hypothetical extraction study for the United Kingdom Allan, G., Connolly, K. , McGregor, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Developing a Holistic Framework to Investigate the Environmental, Social, and Economic Suitability of Tidal Stream Energy in British Columbia’s Remote Coastal Diesel Reliant First Nations Communities Richardson, R. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data
Assessing the effects of wind farms on soil organic carbon Pekkan, O., Kurkcuoglu, M., Cabuk, S. Journal Article Wind Energy Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2 Bałdowska-Witos, P., Doerffer, K., Pysz, M. Journal Article Wind Energy Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions
Wind energy in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: conflicts and social implications Martínez-Mendoza, E., Rivas-Tovar, L., García-Santamaría, L. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds, Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts
BOEM Offshore Wind Energy Facilities Emission Estimating Tool — Version 2.0 User’s Guide Chang, R., Mendenhall, S., Lamie, C. Report Wind Energy Human Dimensions
Final Environmental Assessment Leaning Juniper I Wind Facility Eagle Incidental Take Permit US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds, Raptors, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
What’s love got to do with it? Understanding local cognitive and affective responses to wind power projects Russell, A., Firestone, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
MSPglobal: international guide on marine/maritime spatial planning Ansong, J., Isaksson, I., Quesada da Silva, M. Guidance Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Protecting the marine environment for a sustainable development of offshore wind energy - Recommendations by WWF France Hardy, P-Y., Kazeroni, M., Alex, B. Guidance Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
South Fork Wind Farm and South Fork Export Cable Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Wind Energy EMF Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Terrestrial Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy. Overview and Summary. Robinson Willmott, J., Clerc, J., Vukovich, M. Report Birds, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Orkney Islands Marine Region: State of the Environment Assessment Orkney Islands Council Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
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