A typology of actors and their strategies in multi-scale governance of wind turbine conflict within forests
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T1 - A typology of actors and their strategies in multi-scale governance of wind turbine conflict within forests
AU - Jürges, Nataly
AU - Leahy, Jessica
AU - Newig, Jens
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Wind turbine construction, governed by complex multi-scale governance systems, can cause conflict between actors interested in forest management. We examined wind turbine conflicts in forests in two case studies, the state of Maine, USA and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Specifically, we examined based on triangulation of documents, participant observation, and qualitative interviews with 46 actors how actors argued in favor of certain scales within the wind turbine multi-scale governance systems and how they applied scalar strategies within them. In this paper, we propose a typology that describes actor behavior within multi-scale governance systems. Seven different actor types within multi-scale governance were identified: the Knowledge Exchanger, the Linker, the Creator, the Maintainer, the Power Shifter, the Mobile Learner, and the Overwhelmed & Passive. Actors involved in wind turbine conflicts within forests re-shaped and re-defined the governance system by their actions in the conflict process. However, not all actors could equally participate in scalar strategies. Therefore, only some actors had advantages in re-shaping the governance system according to their interests.
AB - Wind turbine construction, governed by complex multi-scale governance systems, can cause conflict between actors interested in forest management. We examined wind turbine conflicts in forests in two case studies, the state of Maine, USA and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Specifically, we examined based on triangulation of documents, participant observation, and qualitative interviews with 46 actors how actors argued in favor of certain scales within the wind turbine multi-scale governance systems and how they applied scalar strategies within them. In this paper, we propose a typology that describes actor behavior within multi-scale governance systems. Seven different actor types within multi-scale governance were identified: the Knowledge Exchanger, the Linker, the Creator, the Maintainer, the Power Shifter, the Mobile Learner, and the Overwhelmed & Passive. Actors involved in wind turbine conflicts within forests re-shaped and re-defined the governance system by their actions in the conflict process. However, not all actors could equally participate in scalar strategies. Therefore, only some actors had advantages in re-shaping the governance system according to their interests.
KW - Sustainability Governance
KW - energy transition
KW - rescaling
KW - scalar strategies
KW - wind power
KW - typology
KW - governance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104691
DO - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104691
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 96
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Land Use Policy
JF - Land Use Policy
SN - 0264-8377
M1 - 104691
ER -