Effects of renewable energy on landscape in Europe: Comparison of hydro, wind, solar, bio-, geothermal and infrastructure energy landscapes

Marina Frolova; Csaba Centeri; Karl Benediktsson; Marcel Hunziker; Robert Kabai; Alessandra Scognamiglio; Georgios Martinopoulos; Georgia Sismani; Paulo Brito; Emilio Muñoz-Cerón; Mateusz Słupiński; Michela Ghislanzoni; Dominik Braunschweiger; Daniel Herrero-Luque; Michael Roth

doi:10.15201/hungeobull.68.4.1

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin (Dec 2019)

Effects of renewable energy on landscape in Europe: Comparison of hydro, wind, solar, bio-, geothermal and infrastructure energy landscapes

Marina Frolova,
Csaba Centeri,
Karl Benediktsson,
Marcel Hunziker,
Robert Kabai,
Alessandra Scognamiglio,
Georgios Martinopoulos,
Georgia Sismani,
Paulo Brito,
Emilio Muñoz-Cerón,
Mateusz Słupiński,
Michela Ghislanzoni,
Dominik Braunschweiger,
Daniel Herrero-Luque,
Michael Roth

Affiliations

Marina Frolova: Department of Regional and Physical Geography and Institute for Regional Development, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Csaba Centeri: Department of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Institute of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
Karl Benediktsson: Department of Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Iceland
Marcel Hunziker: Social Sciences in Landscape Research Group, Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Robert Kabai: Hunscapes Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Alessandra Scognamiglio: ENEA, Energy Technologies Department, Photovoltaics and Smart Devices Division, Innovative Devices Laboratory, Portici (NA), Italy
Georgios Martinopoulos: School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Georgia Sismani: Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Paulo Brito: Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Campus Politécnico, Portalegre, Portugal
Emilio Muñoz-Cerón: Department of Graphic Engineering, Design and Projects and Centre for Advanced Studies in Energy and Environment, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain
Mateusz Słupiński: Centre for System Solutions, Wroclaw, Poland
Michela Ghislanzoni: Territoria, AyGM SL, Seville, Spain
Dominik Braunschweiger: Regional Economics and Development Research Group, Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Daniel Herrero-Luque: Department of History, Geography and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Michael Roth: Nürtingen-Geislingen University, School of Landscape Architecture, Environmental and Urban Planning, Nürtingen, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.68.4.1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 68, no. 4
pp. 317 – 339

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Landscape quality has become a fundamental issue in the development of renewable energy (henceforth abbreviated RE) projects. Rapid technological advances in RE production and distribution, coupled with changing policy frameworks, bring specific challenges during planning in order to avoid degradation of landscape quality. The current work provides a comprehensive review on RE landscapes and the impacts of RE systems on landscape for most European countries. It is based on a review by an interdisciplinary international team of experts of empirical research findings on landscape impacts of RE from thirty-seven countries that have participated in the COST Action TU1401 Renewable Energy and Landscape Quality (RELY).

Published in Hungarian Geographical Bulletin

ISSN: 2064-5031 (Print); 2064-5147 (Online)
Publisher: Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Country of publisher: Hungary
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Geography (General)
Website: http://ojs3.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/index

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