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
Managing the oceans: Site selection of a floating offshore wind farm based on GIS spatial analysis Castro-Santos, L., Lamas-Galdo, M., Filgueira-Vizoso, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Life Cycle Assessment on Wave and Tidal Energy Systems: A Review of Current Methodological Practice Zhang, X., Zhang, L., Yuan, Y. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Methodology for collision-frequency analysis of wind-turbine installation vessels Kim, S., Seo, J., Ma, K. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Navigation
Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment Review and Update of Seascape and Visual Buffer study for Offshore Wind farms White, S., Michaels, S., King, H. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Habitat Change Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts
Using a new USA multi-region input output (MRIO) model for assessing economic and energy impacts of wind energy expansion in USA Fauray, F., Vunnava, V., Lenzen, M. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Human perception of wind farm vibration Nguyen, D., Hansen, K., Zajamsek, B. Journal Article Wind Energy Noise Human Dimensions
Scientific shortcomings in environmental impact statements internationally Singh, G., Lerner, J., Mach, M. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy
Community Acceptance of Wind Energy Developments: Experience from Wind Energy Scarce Regions in Europe Leiren, M., Aakre, S., Linnerud, K. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Toward an Ecosystem Approach of Marine Renewable Energy: The Case of the Offshore Wind Farm of Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Bay of Seine Niquil, N., Raoux, A., Haraldsson, M. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Strategic Plan to Protect California’s Coast and Ocean 2020–2025 Crowfoot, W., Blumenfeld, J., Yee, B. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
A Model for Disentangling Dependencies and Impacts among Human Activities and Marine Ecosystem Services Bryhn, A., Kraufvelin, P., Bergström, U. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
A Hybrid Multi-Objective Evolutionary-Based and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Cooperative Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Basirati, M., Billot, R., Meyer, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
MEDEAS: a new modeling framework integrating global biophysical and socioeconomic constraints Capellan-Perez, I., de Blas, I., Nieto, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions
Effective integration and integrative capacity in marine spatial planning Vince, J., Day, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Establishing Marine Renewable Energy: Using Risk Retirement to Simplify Environmental Permitting Copping, A., Freeman, M., Hemery, L. Presentation Marine Energy Human Dimensions
Preliminary Results: Exploring Why Some Families Living in Proximity to Wind Turbine Facilities Contemplate Vacating Their Homes—A Community-Based Study Krogh, C., McMurtry, R., Dumbrille, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Noise Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Performance and life cycle assessment of a small scale vertical axis wind turbine Kouloumpis, V., Soboloewski, R., Yan, X. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Governing Risks of Multi-Use: Seaweed Aquaculture at Offshore Wind Farms van den Burg, S., Rockmann, C., Banach, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Multi-scale Interaction between Wind Turbines and Coastal Processes: coupling OpenFAST with a regional coupled air-sea modeling system Wang, R., Miles, T., Brodie, J. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions
Relative impacts of multiple human stressors in estuaries and coastal waters in the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zone Andersen, J., Al-Hamdani, Z., Harvey, E. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Working with the Marine Renewable Energy Community to Support and Simplify Environmental Permitting Copping, A., Freeman, M., Farr, H. Presentation Marine Energy Human Dimensions
Interactive planning support systems with citizens: lessons learned from renewable energy planning in the Netherlands Flacke, J., de Boer, C., van den Bosch, F. Book Chapter Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
The global climate value of offshore wind energy Cranmer, A., Baker, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Spatio-temporal assessment of climate change impact on wave energy resources using various time dependent criteria Kamranzad, B., Lavidas, G., Takara, K. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions
A decision framework of offshore wind power station site selection using a PROMETHEE method under intuitionistic fuzzy environment: A case in China Wu, Y., Tao, Y., Zhang, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
A circular economy approach to green energy: Wind turbine, waste, and material recovery Hao, S., Kuah, A., Rudd, C. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions
Uniformly constrained land eligibility for onshore European wind power Severin Ryberg, D., Tulemat, Z., Stolten, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Island energy transition: Assessing Hawaii's multi-level, policy-driven approach Lee, T., Glick, M., Lee, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Barriers to onshore wind energy implementation: A systematic review Farkat Diógenes, J., Claro, J. , Rodrigues, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
The drawing of a national blue product space and its evolution Qi, X., Zhao, B., Zhang, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
A decision framework to identify populations that are most vulnerable to the population level effects of disturbance Wilson, L., Harwood, J., Booth, C. Journal Article Noise Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions
Effects of competence- and integrity-based trust on public acceptability of renewable energy projects in China and the Netherlands Liu, L., Bouman, T., Perlaviciute, G. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Site‐specific life cycle assessment of a pilot floating offshore wind farm based on suppliers’ data and geo‐located wind data Poujol, B., Prieur-Vernat, A., Dubranna, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Boundary spanning among research and policy communities to address the emerging industrial revolution in the ocean Posner, S., Fenichel, E., McCauley, D. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Cairn Duhie Wind Farm EIA Scoping Report Mallon, L. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Not in my back yard or not on my playground: Residents and tourists' attitudes towards wind turbines in Icelandic landscapes Sæþórsdóttir, A., Ólafsdóttir, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
Militarized marine protected areas in overseas territories: Conserving biodiversity, geopolitical positioning, and securing resources in the 21st century De Santo, E. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Can multi-use of the sea be safe? A framework for risk assessment of multi-use at sea van Hoof, L., van den Burg, S., Banach, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
A Spatial Analysis of the Potentials for Offshore Wind Farm Locations in the North Sea Region: Challenges and Opportunities Gusatu, L., Yamu, C., Zuidema, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
What shapes municipalities’ perceptions of fairness in windpower developments? Saglie, I., Inderberg, T., Rognstad, H. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions
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