Trade-offs between seascape and offshore wind farming values: An analysis of local opinions based on a cognitive belief framework

Gee, Kira

dc.contributor.advisor	Kannen, Andreas Dr.	de
dc.contributor.author	Gee, Kira	de
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-04T07:58:07Z	de
dc.date.available	2013-06-04T07:58:07Z	de
dc.date.issued	2013-06-04	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-001D-AFA3-F	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-3854
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subject.ddc	910	de
dc.subject.ddc	550	de
dc.title	Trade-offs between seascape and offshore wind farming values: An analysis of local opinions based on a cognitive belief framework	de
dc.type	doctoralThesis	de
dc.contributor.referee	Kreisel, Werner Prof. Dr.	de
dc.date.examination	2013-05-15	de
dc.description.abstracteng	Offshore wind farming is gaining increasing momentum in Germany. Given the wide range of other sea uses in the North Sea, the potential for contention is high. This study traces attitudes to offshore wind farming among local residents on the West coast of Schleswig-Holstein. It is an explorative, qualitative study which evaluates expected impacts based on a non-representative questionnaire survey in selected municipalities. Since landscape aesthetics play a particular role in determining the acceptance of wind farming on land, the study particularly focuses on the role of seascape values in determining acceptance of offshore wind farming. In order to establish the range of values carried by the sea, a new definition of ‘seascape’ is developed encompassing physical properties (forms), visual-aesthetic elements as well as the ‘sea of the mind’. A cognitive belief framework is constructed to establish how opinions on offshore wind farming are formed. It includes basic human beliefs as the first order of cognition, followed by beliefs about nature, sea and West coast values and finally attitude to offshore wind farming. Qualitative links emerge between particular images of nature, nature ideologies and sea values; these in turn are linked to West coast values and with these offshore wind farming values. Results show the existence of four basic types indicative of trade-offs between offshore wind farming values and marine values at different stages of the cognitive belief framework: the ‘conservationist type’, the ‘aesthetic type’, the clean energy proponent’, and the ‘utilitarian type’. Strong existence value assigned to the marine environment, the belief that nature is fragile and the belief that offshore wind farming will damage the marine environment is likely to lead to a negative attitude to offshore wind farming. In contrast, strong moral convictions associated with offshore wind farming (such as strong beliefs in offshore wind farming) are likely to tip the balance in favour of offshore wind even if nature and sea values are also considered important. Ultimately, however, there is no simple yes or no to offshore wind farming as support or rejection is always the result of a complex internal process driven by subjective rationalities. Since circumstances change, the results described in this study must be interpreted as a snapshot in time. Nevertheless, the overall concept can readily be transferred to other settings and contexts. The benefit of the approach is that it leads to better understanding of the positions taken up by stakeholders, facilitating process of negotiation and debate.	de
dc.contributor.coReferee	Sterr, Horst Prof. Dr.	de
dc.subject.eng	Offshore wind farming	de
dc.subject.eng	seascape	de
dc.subject.eng	trade-offs	de
dc.subject.eng	beliefs	de
dc.subject.eng	values	de
dc.subject.eng	attitudes	de
dc.subject.eng	cognitive belief framework	de
dc.subject.eng	West coast of Schleswig-Holstein	de
dc.subject.eng	qualitative study	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-11858/00-1735-0000-001D-AFA3-F-0	de
dc.affiliation.institute	Fakultät für Geowissenschaften und Geographie	de
dc.subject.gokfull	Geographie (PPN621264008)	de
dc.identifier.ppn	747561060	de

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