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Patrick Scherhaufer currently works at the Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna. Patrick does research in Public Policy, Qualitative and Multi-method Research and Science, Technology and Environmental Politics. His most recent publication is 'Patterns of acceptance and non-acceptance within energy landscapes: A case study on wind energy expansion in Austria.'
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At the beginning of the article, we provide an in-depth insight into role and function of participation within the socio-ecological transformation. The focus is on arguments that promise a better decision-making - in terms of more transparency, representativeness, legitimacy and acceptance of political processes. Following an outline of structure a...
Public awareness of the climate crisis has reached new heights, eventually leading to the worldwide diffusion of a new type of climate protest by groups such as Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion, Ende Gelände, Just Stop Oil or The Last Generation. This article synthesizes the existing knowledge about the new climate movement based on scholar...
Public awareness of the climate crisis has reached new heights, eventually leading to the worldwide diffusion of a new type of climate protest by groups such as Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion, Ende Gelände, Just Stop Oil or The Last Generation. This article synthesizes the existing knowledge about the new climate movement based on scholar...
Our study aims to identify and define people's social norms and perceptions of mobility behavior with the research questions: How is mobility behavior socially constructed in cities? What are the urban mobility profiles, and how can they be addressed?
Three Austrian municipalities serve as case studies in a mixed-methods approach. First, we apply...
We carried out a mixed-method design to investigate the Austrian Climate Citizens' Assembly (CCA) input, process and output dimensions following the OECD's Evaluation Guidelines for Representative Deliberative Processes (2021). The following methods were used to deliver the empirical findings of this report: Document analysis and desk research, par...
The energy transition is essential to European climate protection policies that aim to establish climate neutrality by the middle of the century. However, it has become evident that several challenges impede policy implementation, especially at the regional level. In this special issue, institutionalization, mobilization, and collaboration are iden...
Combining research on sociotechnical imaginaries and on social movements, this contribution examines how two major actors of the climate justice movement active in Germany – Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion – frame the discourse of climate change and just transition. We focus on narratives of both movements and their justification strate...
Local to regional participatory planning processes in the field of renewable energy technologies are very important for energy democracy. Any planning and implementation process starts with the pros and cons of those directly affected facing the broad and rather unspecific costs and benefits of the general public. Therefore, all interested and affe...
Flood risk managers face increasing challenges in anticipating future developments and coordinating flood risk management on a regional level. The regional floodplain evaluation matrix (RegioFEM), a method to support a future‐oriented flood risk management at a regional scale, was applied in a section of the Raab River in Austria. The developed met...
This contribution presents an integrated method to inform future-oriented flood risk management across policy domains at the scale of river sections and (sub)catchments. The RegioFEM (Regional Floodplain Evaluation Matrix) combines approaches from hydrology, hydraulic engineering, spatial planning and stakeholder engagement to assess the dynamic ch...
Energy infrastructure conflicts often reflect fundamental disagreements which cannot be resolved by merely designing better governance processes. They pose complex systemic questions related to justice and do so often with a global reach. This article discusses how social movements using civil disobedience challenge democratic procedures related to...
Austria aims to meet 100 of its electricity demand from domestic renewable sources by 2030 which means, that an additional 27TWh/a of renewable electricity generation are required, thereof 11TWh/a from photovoltaic. While some federal states and municipalities released a solar rooftop cadastre, there is lacking knowledge on the estimation of the po...
Conducting an integrated assessment of climate change is an attempt to bridge the gap between science, policy and practice. The aims of such transdisciplinary assessments are to integrate knowledge from different scientific disciplines, to produce reliable and useful results and to inform subsequent decision-making processes. In order to attain var...
This article focuses on the Fridays for Future movement (FFF) and its attempt to gain interpretative sovereignty over the complex phenomenon of climate change, its effects and adaptation measures. By means of a framing analysis, the aim is to capture the goals and mobilization possibilities of the FFF. The identification of interpretative framework...
Die Planung von Hochwasserschutzprojekten und-maßnahmen erfordert die Abschätzung komplexer Auswirkungen und deren Um-setzbarkeit auch auf regionaler Ebene, um eine Integration in ein ganzheitliches Hochwasserrisikomanagementkonzept zu gewährleis-ten. Die vorgestellte Methode der Regional Floodplain Evaluation Matrix (RegioFEM) stellt hierfür einen...
Die Umweltdebatte hat in den westlichen Industriestaaten erst seit den 1960er- und 1970er-Jahren ernsthaft Fuß fassen können. Dafür gab es mehrere Auslöser: ein wachsendes Umweltbewusstsein infolge größerer technischer Unfälle, ein schleichender – zunächst teilweise kaum sichtbarer – Prozess der ökologischen Degradation, Gesundheitsgefährdungen sow...
Research on the transition towards a higher share of renewable energy
technologies (RETs) has put a strong emphasis on technological and
economic aspects of generation facilities, often ignoring an equally
important facet of successful transformation: social acceptance. The
prospect of many more siting and decision-making processes entering
previou...
Impacts of climate change have become more and more evident and can be observed in ecosystems, societies and economies worldwide. Mountain agriculture is especially vulnerable to climate change, and adaptation seems crucial. Thus, certain adaptation activities, such as installing irrigation technology, switching to drought-resistant crop varieties...
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This research paper deals with problems of operationalisation or how to conduct research in the field of energy and climate change from a methodological point of view. Guided by a participatory integrated assessment the research project TransWind identified key issues relevant to the social acceptance of wind energy development in Austria. Based on...
Die regionale Dimension von Hochwasserereignissen erfordert einzugsgebietsbezogene Ansätze im Hochwasserrisikomanagement. Diese lassen sich vor dem Hintergrund der eingeschränkten Möglichkeiten verpflichtender regionalplanerischer Steuerung in Österreich vorrangig über die freiwillige Kooperation von Gemeinden realisieren. Im Bereich der Schutzwass...
Wind energy is a key technology in the transition toward a low-carbon society, but acceptance is considered to be a constraining factor in achieving ambitious wind deployment targets. Based on an Austrian case study, this paper investigates eight decisive patterns of acceptance and non-acceptance of wind energy. We apply qualitative research method...
Social acceptance is considered to be a decisive factor for the development of wind energy. Surveys repeatedly show that while people support wind energy in general, specific wind farm projects often cause local opposition. Local resistance against wind energy cannot be explained by singular issues such as simple cost-benefit calculations, the publ...
TransWind assessed the key patterns of social acceptance of wind energy in Austria on the basis of a participatory integrated assessment including modelling and visualisation efforts. In order to ensure acceptance, decision-making processes have to be reformed, justice sustained and thereby both input and output legitimacy enhanced. All of these fa...
Die zentralen Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen aus dem Projekt TransWind wurden in einem Leitfaden zusammen gefasst. Dieser wurde in einem Konsultationsprozess gemeinsam mit den Mitgliedern der Stakeholdergruppe erstellt und basiert auf folgendem zentralen Grundsatz:
Bei der Planung und Errichtung von Windkraftanlagen kommt es stets zu einem Austausch-...
In the international climate regime, integrated vulnerability assessments have become the most prominent method of investigating the potential effects of climate change. Vulnerability assessments typically operate on a local to regional level, where it is most likely to inform subsequent decision making. To cope with the inherent complexity of the...
Eine partizipativ ausgerichtete Klimawandelanpassungsforschung soll wissensbasiert und auf einem Dialog aufbauend Ergebnisse produzieren, die die Wahrnehmungen, Sichtweisen und Bedürfnisse der NutzerInnen widerspiegeln. Die Praxis zeigt, dass dieser hehre Anspruch aber nur schwer erfüllt werden kann. Trotz der vielfältigen Erfahrungen und Anleitung...
According to the Centre for Research on Epidemiology Disasters, floods
are the type of natural disasters that affected the highest number of
people from 1900 to 2008 worldwide. Specifically, Austria suffered from
heavy floods in recent years, affecting thousands of people and causing
billions of Euro in economic losses. Although there is yet no pro...
Dieser Bericht enthält die Ergebnisse der im Projekt RIVAS durchgeführten vergleichenden Analyse von 14 internationalen Fallbeispielen regionaler integrierter Vulnerabilitätsassessments. Konzept und Methodik der Projektanalyse werden in Kapitel 2 erläutert. Kapitel 3 enthält die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der projektspezifischen Analyse in Form von pro...
Aufgabe eines Partizipativen Regional Integrierten Vulnerabilitätsassessments (PRIVAS) ist es, in Zusammenarbeit mit Stakeholdern die integrative Wissensproduktion bei einem komplexen Mensch-Umwelt-Problem wie dem Klimawandel zu optimieren. Dieses Ziel stellt jedes Projekt vor konzeptive, methodische, prozessuale und forschungspraktische Herausford...
