Northumbria University, UK.
Public Underst Sci. 2013 Jan;22(1):49-64. doi: 10.1177/0963662511400962. Epub 2011 May 10.
This paper explores perceptions of public engagement with information on renewable energy developments. It draws on a case study of proposals by a major supermarket chain to construct single wind turbines in two semi-urban locations in the UK, analysing data from interviews with key actors in the planning process and focus groups with local residents. The paper concludes that key actors often had high expectations of how local people should engage with information, and sometimes implied that members of the public who were incapable of filtering or processing information in an organised or targeted fashion had no productive role to play in the planning process. It shows how the specific nature of the proposals (single wind turbines in semi-urban locations proposed by a commercial private sector developer) shaped local residents' information needs and concerns in a way that challenged key actors' expectations of how the public should engage with information.
本文探讨了公众对可再生能源发展信息的参与认知。它借鉴了一个案例研究，该研究针对一家大型连锁超市在英国两个半城市地区建设单个风力涡轮机的提议，分析了规划过程中关键角色的访谈数据和当地居民的焦点小组数据。本文得出的结论是，关键角色通常对当地人应该如何参与信息有很高的期望，有时甚至暗示那些无法以有组织或有针对性的方式筛选或处理信息的公众在规划过程中没有发挥作用。它展示了提议的具体性质（由商业私营部门开发商在半城市地区提议的单个风力涡轮机）如何以挑战关键角色对公众应该如何参与信息的期望的方式塑造了当地居民的信息需求和关注点。
