Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: insights from Italy and the UK

Cowell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1639-8004 and De Laurentis, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-9926 2023. Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: insights from Italy and the UK. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 66 (2) , pp. 241-264. 10.1080/09640568.2021.1987866

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Abstract

Despite sustained interest in spatial planning approaches for steering renewable energy development, the effect of these practices remains poorly understood. This paper addresses this knowledge deficit through comparative analysis of the effects of spatial planning approaches on wind energy deployment in Italy and the UK. Our approach elucidates the different roles that spatial planning approaches can perform using a “modes of governing” framework that, innovatively, recognizes the unavoidable compromises involved in their construction. Several distinctive findings emerge. First, governments deploy spatial planning approaches with different governance purposes, thus explaining why the effects on RE outcomes can be ambiguous. Second, many of the challenges that beset spatial planning approaches arise not from technical-methodological issues but from difficult-to-resolve governance challenges of cross-scalar coordination. Third, we show that the efficacy of spatial planning approaches in shaping RE deployment is contextual in nature, reflecting how far their inherent compromises are accepted by key actors.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0964-0568
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 September 2021
Date of Acceptance:	7 September 2021
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2024 18:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/144074

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