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Green Development: Environment and Sustainability in the Third World

Most useful is a longer chapter with over three dozen aesthetic guidelines proposed for the wind industry. These guidelines nicely segue into three ideas or recommendations that close the book: placement (turbine placement should be sensitive to site), equity interest (involve local landowners), and aesthetics (do not ignore them). This book provides a great service in highlighting the Achilles heel of the wind power industry—i.e., land-use conflicts raised by residents or tourists who object to aesthetic intrusions on landscapes with wind farms. The case studies are used to show how these conflicts have come to pass in several countries and varying approaches for resolving (or ignoring) them. Many of the seventy color photographs are outstanding. With the important environmental benefits to be reaped from rapid development of wind power, it is imperative that wind developers, land-use planners, energy policymakers, and the public take notice of the many lessons and aesthetic guidelines found in this volume. My only criticism here is that this sharp focus on land-use conflicts may give a misleading impression to a less informed reader, since these conflicts do not always occur and in many cases are greatly exaggerated by vocal minorities. Nevertheless, although these lessons and guidelines are important, I cannot see the book being adopted for general course use, given its somewhat narrow topic and steep price. It would make for attractive reading, however, as a supplemental text in a course in energy policy or energy geography. This book compares favorably with and builds upon the modest but growing number of volumes written on wind power during the past decade, a few of which address the history of wind power and the land-use conflicts (though more narrowly). Indeed, most of the best of the previous books have been authored by Gipe or Righter, two of the co-editors of this volume. Wind Power in View will stand out in the literature for its sharp focus on landscape issues and public perceptions, though it gives only scant coverage to the well-known environmental benefits of wind-power technology. Geographers of all stripes will appreciate this orientation, as many avenues for follow-up fieldwork can be envisioned. It would have been useful for the editors to take the next step and link their findings with energy policy instruments, but we will have to wait for later work to make those connections. Nonetheless, I will return to this book often in my own work as I search for the best path to a sustainable energy future.