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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
Wind Turbines and Migratory Birds: Avoiding a Collision Between the Energy Industry and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Evans, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
OES Annual Report 2013: Implementing Agreement on Ocean Energy Systems Ocean Energy Systems (OES) Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions
NEPA Review of Offshore Wind Farms: Ensuring Emission Reduction Benefits Outweigh Visual Impacts Bisbee, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts
Parc Eolien en Mer de Saint Nazaire Etude d’impact environnemental Halieutique, V. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Advances in Marine Spatial Planning: Zoning Earth's Last Frontier Johnson, C. Journal Article Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
A combined acoustic and optical instrument for industry managed fisheries studies Underwood, M., Sherlock, M., Marouchos, A. Conference Paper Human Dimensions, Fisheries
System Perspectives on Renewable Power Sandén, B. Book Human Dimensions
Plastic and Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change in Fish Crozier, L., Hutchings, J. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Fish
PMEC-NETS Annual Operations and Monitoring Report 2013 Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) Report Marine Energy, Wave EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Market Analysis Report for the Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site Hassan, G. Report Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Permitting, Risk and Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Development Dubbs, L., Keeler, A., O'Meara, T. Journal Article Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Fairhead Tidal Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Document McGrath, C. Report Marine Energy, Tidal EMF, Noise Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Estimating Effects of Tidal Power Projects and Climate Change on Threatened and Endangered Marine Species and Their Food Web Busch, S., Greene, C., Good, T. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions
The Opportunity for Co-Operation and Collaboration between Ireland and Scotland in Ocean Energy Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA) Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Network approach for local and community governance of energy: The case of Oxfordshire Parag, Y., Hamilton, J., White, V. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind-Generated Electricity Cullen, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Guidelines for Wind Energy and Wildlife Resource Management in Nebraska Nebraska Wind and Wildlife Working Group Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Offshore Wind Farm as Jamaica's Possible Primary Source of Renewable Energy Bailey, K., Muir, D., Chambers, T. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
The Development of World Oceans & Coasts and Concepts of Sustainability Stojanovic, T., Farmer, C. Journal Article Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
NIMBYism revisited: public acceptance of wind energy in the United States Petrova, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Inventory and Analysis of Coastal and Submerged Archaeological Site Occurrence on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf ICF International, Southeastern Archaeological Research, Davis Geoarchaeological Research Report Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data
Using network analysis to understand public policy for wave energy Vantoch-Wood, A., Connor, P. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Risk Assessment for Marine Vessel Traffic and Wind Energy Development in the Atlantic Copping, A., Breithaupt, S., Tagestad, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Navigation, Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Adaptive Management: From More Talk to Real Action Williams, B., Brown, E. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
The Shipping Industry and Marine Spatial Planning Patraiko, D., Holthus, P. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
SOWFIA Deliverable D.4.6 - Final Work Package Report: Consenting Procedures Review with Guidelines for Expansion to Larger Projects and Approval Process Streamlining, Incorporating the Findings of Interim Report and Feedback from Workshop D Simas, T., O'Hagan, A., Bailey, I. Report Wave, Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Investigation of Sonar Transponders for Offshore Wind Farms: Modeling Approach, Experimental Setup, and Results Fricke, M., Rolfes, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Navigation, Human Dimensions
Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm: Air Traffic Beeden, D., Leonhard, S., Jensen, F. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Navigation, Stakeholder Engagement
2013, Royal Haskoning DHV, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, Annual Monitoring Report Royal Haskoning, Royal Haskoning DHV Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact for Offshore Wind Farms: Geolocalized Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach Guermont, C., Menard, L., Gschwind, B. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
A case-control study of support/opposition to wind turbines: Perceptions of health risk, economic benefits, and community conflict Baxter, J., Morzaria, R., Hirsch, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Wind Turbines and Invisible Technology: Unarticulated Reasons for Local Opposition to Wind Energy Hirsh, R., Sovacool, B. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
SOWFIA Deliverable 3.5 - Work Package 3 Final Report: Report on the Analysis of the Environmental Impact Assessment Experience for Wave Energy Conley, D., Magagna, D., Greaves, D. Report Wave, Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Deepwater Wind Block Island Environmental Assessment and Statement of Findings US Army Corps of Engineers Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Leasing Areas for the BOEM New Jersey Wind Energy Area Musial, W., Elliott, J., Fields, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Experimental Investigation of Floating Wave Energy Converters for Coastal Protection Purpose Zanuttigh, B., Angelelli, E. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Human Dimensions
Standard Investigation of the Impacts of Offshore Wind Turbines on the Marine Environment (StUK4) German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
A Political, Economic, Social, Technology, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE) Approach for Risk Identification of the Tidal Industry in the United Kingdom Kolios, A., Read, G. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Perceived Impacts from Wind Farm and Natural Gas Development in Northern Pennsylvania Jacquet, J., Stedman, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Environmental impacts of micro-wind turbines and their potential to contribute to UK climate change targets Greening, B., Azapagic, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment

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