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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112279
	Measuring the impacts of wind energy projects on U.S. rural counties’ community services and cost of living
	Shoeib E.A.H.; Hamin Infield E.; Renski H.C.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	153
英文摘要	Wind power development has rapidly expanded in rural areas in the United States. Numerous studies addressing the impacts of wind development on rural communities focus on overall economic, environmental, and social effects (Brown et al., 2012; Kahn, 2013; Mulvaney et al., 2013). This research builds on those to add the impacts of substantial wind power development on community services and the cost of living, focusing on eleven rural counties with wind energy development over 1000 MW in five different states in the U.S. The research uses descriptive statistical analysis to document county-level changes in the population size, employment, and poverty rate before and after hosting substantial wind projects from 1990 to 2015. Qualitative analysis of interviews and county documents identified data on and perceptions of the impacts of the wind projects on tax revenues as well as community services. We find that wind development tax income improved community services without any noticeable increases in required community services or cost of living. From a policy perspective, these results are most relevant for local governors and planners, who seek to balance the cost and benefits of wind farms to the rural community. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Community services Descriptive statistical Documents analysis Rural communities Semi-structured interview Wind energy development
英文关键词	Economics; Energy policy; Population statistics; Rural areas; Sustainable development; Community services; Cost-of-living; Descriptive statistical; Documents analysis; Rural community; Semi structured interviews; Wind energy development; Wind energy projects; Wind power development; Wind projects; Wind power; alternative energy; perception; rural area; tax system; wind farm; wind power; United States
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205343
作者单位	Lecturer at Faculty of Urban & Regional Planning, Cairo University, 1 Gamaa Street, Giza, 12613, Egypt; Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department, University of Massachusetts, 210 Design Building, 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-2901, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shoeib E.A.H.,Hamin Infield E.,Renski H.C.. Measuring the impacts of wind energy projects on U.S. rural counties’ community services and cost of living[J],2021,153.
APA	Shoeib E.A.H.,Hamin Infield E.,&Renski H.C..(2021).Measuring the impacts of wind energy projects on U.S. rural counties’ community services and cost of living.Energy Policy,153.
MLA	Shoeib E.A.H.,et al."Measuring the impacts of wind energy projects on U.S. rural counties’ community services and cost of living".Energy Policy 153(2021).