• The Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction (JLCCI)
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.209-241
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• 2018

As national public interest in energy transition is growing, local conflicts over wind farms siting are also on the rise. However, there is a big gap between national opinion and the local acceptance of wind farms. To illustrate this gap, this paper analyzes the local acceptance of wind farms in terms of sensory, cultural, and institutional factors. First, the visual perception of wind turbines and the auditory perception of noise pollution are analyzed to explore sensory and aesthetic factors. Second, this paper analyzes the pung-su values, ecological values, and NIMBY values ??in order to examine cultural factors in terms of beliefs and values of local residents. Third, it analyzes the local perception of procedural justice, such as residents' consent, environmental assessment, and residential briefing, as well as of distributive justice such as damages compensation for the construction of wind farms. There is a limit to simply explaining local resistance to wind farms from the view point of NIMBY. Furthermore, more attention should be paid not only to institutional factors such as procedural legitimacy and economic compensation, but also to sensory and cultural factors in order to enhance the local acceptance of wind farms.