Rural versus urban preferences for renewable energy developments

Bergmann, A., Colombo, S. and Hanley, N. (2008) Rural versus urban preferences for renewable energy developments. Ecological Economics, 65(3), pp. 616-625. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.011)

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Abstract

Development of renewable energy resources, such as wind farms and hydro-electric schemes, are being promoted as a new method of expanding and diversifying employment in rural areas. However, such energy projects are associated with a range of environmental impacts which might be detrimental to other economic activities, such as those based on nature tourism. The authors use a Choice Experiment to quantify peoples' preferences over environmental and employment impacts that may result from the deployment of renewable energy projects in rural areas of Scotland, focussing in particular on any differences between the preferences of urban and rural dwellers, and on heterogeneity within these groups. Rural and urban households are shown to have different welfare gains which are dependent on the type of renewable energy technology and on the scale of project under consideration.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:Authors thank the Scottish Economic Policy Network for partial funding of this work.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Hanley, Professor Nicholas
Authors: Bergmann, A., Colombo, S., and Hanley, N.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
Journal Name:Ecological Economics
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0921-8009
ISSN (Online):1873-6106
Published Online:10 September 2007

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