“Beyond NIMBYism: towards an Integrated Framework for Understanding Public Perceptions of Wind Energy” (Devine-Wright 2005)
- Provides a literature review of past reseach papers
- Paper has specific section entitled “Does Community Involvement Increase Local Support for Wind Farms?”.
Section brings out several findings of past papers, and includes many references:
- “People who own shares in a turbine are significantly more positive towards wind energy than people with no economic interest in wind turbines.”
- “local involvement, in either economic or political terms, tends to have positive affects upon public perceptions of wind farms and reflects growing interest in a ‘soft energy path emphasizing ‘community’ aspects of renewable energy development”