Renewable Energy in Wilderness Landscapes: Visitors’ Perspectives

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Edita Tverijonaite, Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, C. Michael Hall
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: renewable energy; energy infrastructure; nature-based tourism; visual impacts; wilderness; visitor; Hverfisfljót; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205812

Increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix is of crucial importance for climate change mitigation. However, as renewable energy development often changes the visual appearance of landscapes and might affect other industries relying on them, such as nature-based tourism, it therefore...