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Human Dimensions

Coastal community
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: 3932

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
On the suitability of offshore wind energy resource in the United States of America for the 21st century Costoya, X., deCastro, M., Carvalho, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Scientists Collecting Data on Commercial Fish Species in Wind Energy Lease Areas NOAA Fisheries Webpage Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Human Dimensions
Monitoring fisheries resources at offshore wind farms: BACI vs. BAG designs Methratta, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Analyzing energy options for small-scale off-grid communities: A Canadian case study Prabatha, T., Hager, J., Carneiro, B. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment, Social & Economic Data
Marine spatial planning on the Caribbean island of Montserrat: Lessons for data‐limited small islands Flower, J., Ramdeen, R., Estep, A. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Reasons for Shifting and Barriers to Renewable Energy: A Literature Review Kabel, T., Bassim, M. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
WESE Deliverable 4.2 Review of consenting processes for wave energy in Spain and Portugal focusing on risk-based approach and Adaptive Management Bald, J., Apolonia, M. Report Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions
Citizen participation and the wind farm decision-making process: An exploratory case study on the current practice in Dutch municipalities Geerts, L. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Risk Retirement—Decreasing Uncertainty and Informing Consenting Processes for Marine Renewable Energy Development Copping, A., Freeman, M., Gorton, A. Journal Article Marine Energy EMF, Noise Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
The Global Energy Interconnection Initiative and the Development of Marine Renewable Energy in China – Legal Aspects Chang, Y.-C. Book Chapter Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Residents’ Views on Landscape and Ecosystem Services during a Wind Farm Proposal in an Island Protected Area Vlami, V., Danek, J., Zogaris, S. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the regulation of offshore renewable energy activities within national jurisdiction Jung, D. Thesis Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Scientific shortcomings in environmental impact statements internationally Singh, G., Lerner, J., Mach, M. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy
Human perception of wind farm vibration Nguyen, D., Hansen, K., Zajamsek, B. Journal Article Wind Energy Noise Human Dimensions
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
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
Orkney Ecologies Ford, R. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The Race to the Water for Offshore Renewable Energy: Assessing Cumulative and In-combination Impacts for Offshore Renewable Energy Developments Caine, C. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Optimal power dispatch strategy of onshore wind farms considering environmental impact Wu, X., Wu, W., Huang, Q. Journal Article Wind Energy Noise Human Dimensions
Mapping wind-power controversies on social media: Facebook as a powerful mobilizer of local resistance Borch, K., Munk, A., Dahlgaard, V. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Assessing the consistency of in-stream tidal energy development policy in Nova Scotia, Canada Carlson, J., Adams, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Assessing natural capital value in marine ecosystems through an environmental accounting model: A case study in Southern Italy Buonocore, E., Appolloni, L., Russo, G. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Accommodative public leadership in wind energy development: Enabling citizens initiatives in the Netherlands van Aalderen, N., Horlings, L. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Impact of magnetic fields generated by AC/DC submarine power cables on the behavior of juvenile European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Taormina, B., Di Poi, C., Agnalt, A. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy EMF Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Distributive fairness and local acceptance of wind turbines: The role of compensation schemes Jorgenson, M., Anker, H., Lassen, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Marine spatial planning in Barbuda: A social, ecological, geographic, and legal case study Johnson, A., McClintock, W., Burton, O. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Evaluating the economic return to public wind energy research and development in the United States Wiser, R., Millstein, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
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
A comparative analysis of the life cycle environmental emissions from wind and coal power: Evidence from China Li, H., Jiang, H., Dong, K. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
A comparative life-cycle analysis of tall onshore steel wind-turbine towers Stavridou, N., Koltsakis, E., Baniotopoulos, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
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
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
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
Effective integration and integrative capacity in marine spatial planning Vince, J., Day, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
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
Establishing Marine Renewable Energy: Using Risk Retirement to Simplify Environmental Permitting Copping, A., Freeman, M., Hemery, L. Presentation Marine Energy Human Dimensions

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