DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112279
论文题名: Measuring the impacts of wind energy projects on U.S. rural counties’ community services and cost of living
作者: Shoeib E.A.H. ; Hamin Infield E. ; Renski H.C.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2021
卷: 153 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Community services
; Descriptive statistical
; Documents analysis
; Rural communities
; Semi-structured interview
; Wind energy development
英文关键词: Economics
; Energy policy
; Population statistics
; Rural areas
; Sustainable development
; Community services
; Cost-of-living
; Descriptive statistical
; Documents analysis
; Rural community
; Semi structured interviews
; Wind energy development
; Wind energy projects
; Wind power development
; Wind projects
; Wind power
; alternative energy
; perception
; rural area
; tax system
; wind farm
; wind power
; United States
英文摘要: Wind power development has rapidly expanded in rural areas in the United States. Numerous studies addressing the impacts of wind development on rural communities focus on overall economic, environmental, and social effects (Brown et al., 2012; Kahn, 2013; Mulvaney et al., 2013). This research builds on those to add the impacts of substantial wind power development on community services and the cost of living, focusing on eleven rural counties with wind energy development over 1000 MW in five different states in the U.S. The research uses descriptive statistical analysis to document county-level changes in the population size, employment, and poverty rate before and after hosting substantial wind projects from 1990 to 2015. Qualitative analysis of interviews and county documents identified data on and perceptions of the impacts of the wind projects on tax revenues as well as community services. We find that wind development tax income improved community services without any noticeable increases in required community services or cost of living. From a policy perspective, these results are most relevant for local governors and planners, who seek to balance the cost and benefits of wind farms to the rural community. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/168020
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作者单位: Lecturer at Faculty of Urban & Regional Planning, Cairo University, 1 Gamaa Street, Giza, 12613, Egypt; Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department, University of Massachusetts, 210 Design Building, 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-2901, United States
Recommended Citation:
Shoeib E.A.H.,Hamin Infield E.,Renski H.C.. Measuring the impacts of wind energy projects on U.S. rural counties’ community services and cost of living[J]. Energy Policy,2021-01-01,153