A review of land use, visibility and public perception of renewable energy in the context of landscape impact

R Ioannidis, D Koutsoyiannis - Applied Energy, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Landscape impacts associated with aesthetics have been a persistent cause of opposition
against renewable energy projects. However, the current uncertainty over the spatial extents …

Public engagement with climate imagery in a changing digital landscape

S Wang, A Corner, D Chapman… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite extensive exploration into the use of language in climate change communication,
our understanding of the use of visual images, and how they relate to public perceptions of …

Co-production in distributed generation: renewable energy and creating space for fitting infrastructure within landscapes

M Wolsink - Landscape Research, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
This review describes the infrastructural elements of the socio-technical system of power
supply based on renewables and the role of landscape concerns in decision-making about …

[HTML][HTML] Mixed feelings on wind energy: Affective imagery and local concern driving social acceptance in Switzerland

J Cousse, R Wüstenhagen, N Schneider - Energy research & social …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Several countries are witnessing increasing levels of local opposition to wind energy
projects. This is in contrast to opinion polls often showing that a large majority of the …

Themes and trends in visual assessment research: Introduction to the Landscape and Urban Planning special collection on the visual assessment of landscapes

PH Gobster, RG Ribe, JF Palmer - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This paper introduces a Special Collection of 18 previously published articles in Landscape
and Urban Planning and its parent journals on the topic of visual landscape quality …

The social acceptance of wind energy: Where we stand and the path ahead

G Ellis, G Ferraro - 2017‏ - pure.qub.ac.uk
Social acceptance is a key challenge for the deployment of wind energy and could limit the
overall wind resource we are able to exploit to meet climate change targets. Social …

Challenges in the wind turbines location process in Central Europe–The use of spatial decision support systems

J Kazak, J Van Hoof, S Szewranski - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The implementation of a framework for climate and energy policies in Europe entails a
number of development projects connected to renewable energy resources. As far as many …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the visual landscape: a review on approaches, methods and techniques

LM Misthos, V Krassanakis, N Merlemis, AL Kesidis - Sensors, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Modeling the perception and evaluation of landscapes from the human perspective is a
desirable goal for several scientific domains and applications. Human vision is the dominant …

From tweets to insights: A social media analysis of the emotion discourse of sustainable energy in the United States

J Corbett, BTR Savarimuthu - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Social acceptance is essential to effective sustainable energy policy implementation. Social
media offer new platforms to support policy work and, by allowing emotional expressions …

[HTML][HTML] Does rated visual landscape quality match visual features? An analysis for renewable energy landscapes

R Spielhofer, M Hunziker, F Kienast, UW Hayek… - Landscape and urban …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Finding the “right” sites for develo** renewable energy systems (RES) is one of the major
challenges in planning strategies for energy transitions. The visibility aspects of such …