TY - JOUR
TI - Community benefits from offshore renewables: The relationship between different understandings of impact, community, and benefit
AU - Rudolph, D
AU - Haggett, C
AU - Aitken, M
T2 - Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
AB - This paper presents the findings of a research project evaluating community benefit models for offshore renewables. We identify and analyse UK and international case studies of different forms of community benefit, and provide evidence of how such benefits are delivered. In particular we consider the key relationship between the identification of communities, perception of impact, and the apportionment of benefits. In doing so, we develop a range of different definitions of ‘community’, ‘benefit’, and ‘impact’ when considering community benefits. We propose that the way in which community, benefit, and impact are understood is crucial in determining whether or how benefits should be apportioned and delivered; and that these definitions are closely connected to each other. We develop a new series of typologies as a way to understand this. Finally, we assess different mechanisms and schemes of community benefits to identify good practice and key points of learning for policy and planning.
DA - 2017/03//
PY - 2017
VL - 36
IS - 1
SP - 92
EP - 117
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2399654417699206
DO - 10.1177/2399654417699206
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Stakeholder Engagement
KW - Legal & Policy
KW - Human Dimensions
ER -