Landscape Capacity and Social Attitudes towards Wind Energy Projects in Belgium

The present energy crisis and the awareness of the human impact on climate change have boosted the public debate on the accelerated deployment of renewable energy sources. The objective of this research project is to analyse and assess the landscape capacity and social attitudes towards wind energy parks in Belgium, especially in non-urban and non-industrial sites. This research project starts from the observation that a sustainable production of energy, relying on renewable resources, should go hand in hand with a sustainable societal support for the use of these renewable sources. Experience... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Rompaey, Anton
Schmitz, Serge
Kesteloot, Chris
Peeters, Karolien
Moens, Bruno
Van Hemelrijck, Hendrik
Vanderheyden, Vincent
Loopmans, Maarten
Vanden Broucke, Steven
Dokumenttyp: Buch
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Verlag/Hrsg.: Belgian Science Policy
Schlagwörter: Wind Energy / Landscape / Social attitudes / Énergie éolienne / Paysage / Attitudes sociales / Physical / chemical / mathematical & earth Sciences / Earth sciences & physical geography / Social & behavioral sciences / psychology / Human geography & demography / Physique / chimie / mathématiques & sciences de la terre / Sciences de la terre & géographie physique / Sciences sociales & comportementales / psychologie / Geographie humaine & démographie
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/106969

The present energy crisis and the awareness of the human impact on climate change have boosted the public debate on the accelerated deployment of renewable energy sources. The objective of this research project is to analyse and assess the landscape capacity and social attitudes towards wind energy parks in Belgium, especially in non-urban and non-industrial sites. This research project starts from the observation that a sustainable production of energy, relying on renewable resources, should go hand in hand with a sustainable societal support for the use of these renewable sources. Experiences from neighbouring countries showed that the societal support depends of the regional landscape capacity and the social attitudes towards wind energy parks. In this research project both quantitative and qualitative research techniques will be used to: (1) measure the landscape capacity in relation to the location of wind energy parks in Belgium, (2) to gain insight in the way attitudes towards wind energy parks are socially constructed and reproduced. ; Les évolutions globales récentes, comme le prix croissant des matières premières et la conscientisation du réchauffement climatique, engendrent un intérêt important envers les sources d’énergies renouvelables. Ceci s’harmonise bien avec la nouvelle quête d’un équilibre entre les besoins économiques, environnementaux et sociaux de la société, également appelé développement durable. Ces trois piliers concernent également les projets éoliens. Il ressort des expériences dans les pays voisins que ce sont surtout les aspects sociaux (réactions des riverains) et environnementaux (impact paysager) des projets éoliens qui retiennent l’attention. C’est pourquoi nous voulons examiner quels sont les paysages adaptés aux projets éoliens en Belgique (aspect environnemental) et comment ces projets sont perçus par les citoyens belges dans différents contextes (aspect social). ; Lacsawep