scholarly journals Contentious governance of wind energy planning: strategic dilemmas in collaborative resistance by local governments and citizen action groups

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Imrat Verhoeven ◽  
Shannon Spruit ◽  
Elisabeth van de Grift ◽  
Eefje Cuppen
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Citizen Action ◽  
Action Groups

Waste management performance in Italian provinces: Efficiency and spatial effects of local governments and citizen action

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 680-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Agovino ◽  
Marcella D'Uva ◽  
Antonio Garofalo ◽  
Katia Marchesano
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Spatial Effects ◽  
Management Performance ◽  
Citizen Action ◽  
Italian Provinces

Regional Diversity of Attractiveness and Entrepreneurship of Tourism – Challenges for Local Governments on the Example of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 5-5
Author(s):  
Ewa Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Local Action ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Action Groups

Purpose. The study aims to diagnose the tourist attractiveness of the Świętokrzyskie voivodeship poviats based on features of the geographical and socio-economic environment. The recognition of local development problems regarding organisation in local action groups that affect the creation of the tourist function of a village and the creation of new tourist products are also assessed by residents. Method. Principal Component Analysis was used as the research method, in which the process of reducing multidimensionality, i.e. reducing the number of features, occurs. A smaller number of new variables explains and simplifies the interpretation of the phenomenon with little information loss. The components are the result of data reduction and a way to obtain a simplified image of the relationship based on the correlation structure between the observed features. Fourteen Świętokrzyskie poviats were analysed due to 10 features that express the multi-faceted nature of the local economy in the aspect of tourist attractiveness and entrepreneurship for 2018. Then, using the hierarchical Ward method, types of poviats with a similar structure of phenomena related to the tourist development of the area were presented. The obtained components can be treated as the main meta-features of the structural dimension of the attractiveness and entrepreneurship space of the Świętokrzyskie region. Findings. It has been shown is studies that tourism plays one of the key roles in the development of a region. It is an important element of activating the local economy. The 3 calculated main components explain 78.1% of the variation of the original features. The following names for the given factors may be suggested: "poviat entrepreneurship" (explained by the first component - containing 43% variability of the original features), "accommodation and transport availability" (second component - 19% variation of the original features), "EU funding" (third component -16% variation of original features). The classification indicates the similarity of poviats within the distinguished classes from the point of view of more than one factor measuring the level of urbanisation of the area. Four classes of poviats can be distinguished: the first class is the city of Kielce, the second – the buski and kielecki poviats, the third, which is very numerous – 10 poviats and the fourth – the kazimiersk poviat Research and conclusions limitations. The survey studies were conducted in 2018 on a small sample of 60 people, which does not allow to draw general conclusions, but their results may facilitate the diagnosis of tourism development. Gestors and local government officials involved in local action groups, who agreed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of tourism at their place of residence, were selected for the survey. Practical implications. The work may be of significance to various decision-making entities interested in the structure and position of their poviat in comparison to other poviats. The study is an assessment and diagnosis of the state of local development related to tourism. The actions implemented for the development of tourism infrastructure, the use of EU subsidies in poviats and the degree of implementation of the activities adopted in the tourism development strategy were identified. Originality.Detection of unknown dependencies and regularities in tourism economy among spatial systems using multidimensional methods. Comprehensive development using a quantitative and qualitative approach. Type of paper. A case study - counties of the Swiętokrzyskie voivodeship

scholarly journals Why is there an implementation gap in community energy planning?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 11-34
Author(s):  
Rose Murphy ◽  
Aaron Pardy ◽  
Morgan Braglewicz ◽  
Brett Zuehlke ◽  
Mark Jaccard
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Implementation Gap ◽  
Urban Level ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Effective Policy ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The City

In community energy planning, a persistent disconnect has been observed between the targets and plans announced by local governments and the application of effective policy to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We use two methods to explore this implementation gap. First, we apply energy-economy modelling tools at the urban level to evaluate the effectiveness of various policy options available to local governments. Our case study for these exercises is the leading jurisdiction of Vancouver, British Columbia. Second, we report and analyze the results of a survey we administered to community energy practitioners in Canada. The modelling results point to jurisdictional reach as an important contributor to the implementation gap. We find that, while Vancouver can make significant progress by implementing policies that are clearly within its jurisdiction, the city is unlikely to meet its ambitious renewable energy and GHG emissions targets without the support of higher levels of government. The survey responses suggest that capacity limitations of local government also have a role in perpetuating the implementation gap.

Information gap decision theory to deal with long-term wind energy planning considering voltage stability

Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 451-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Rabiee ◽  
Saman Nikkhah ◽  
Alireza Soroudi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Theory ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Voltage Stability ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Information Gap

Winner of the SLS Annual Conference Best Paper Prize 2016: Knowledge and landscape in wind energy planning

Legal Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lee
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Knowledge Claim ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Institutional Knowledge ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
Knowledge Claims

‘Landscape’ is relatively underexplored in legal scholarship, notwithstanding its occasional centrality to legal analysis, and the ways in which law contributes to the shaping of landscape. Wind energy is an especially rich area for the exploration of landscape; not only do wind farms consistently raise concerns about landscape, but the existence of climate change complicates the response to local concern. Most of the legal literature on ‘knowledge’ focuses on the ways in which different ‘expert’ knowledges find their way into, and then shape, legal processes and decisions. This article is more concerned with the ways in which the planning system receives different knowledge claims, and validates some of them. The discussion turns around four tentative categories of knowledge claim: expert or technical knowledge claims; lay (or sometimes local) knowledge claims; prior institutional knowledge claims; and professional planning knowledge claims. Knowledge of the complex, dynamic and plural idea of landscape in any particular case is constructed in the process of decision making and reason giving through a careful layering of these different sorts of knowledge claim.

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