Environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy
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Both nexus discourses advertise integrative solutions via inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches and collaborative decision-making.
“Both nexus discourses advertise integrative solutions via interand transdisciplinary research approaches and collaborative decision-making (Ringler et al., 2013; Hernandez et al., 2014; Allouche et al., 2015; Conway et al., 2015; Laurentiis et al., 2016).”
From What Is Driving the Water-Energy-Food Nexus? Discourses, Knowledge, and Politics of an Emerging Resource Governance Concept (2018) · cites this paper as Hernandez et al., 2014
The Introduction describes a review spanning several disciplines and ways to integrate environmental benefits of utility-scale solar energy. The Conclusion says the review crosses interdisciplinary boundaries. Neither passage establishes that both nexus discourses promote transdisciplinary research or collaborative decision-making, and the permitting discussion describes actors working independently. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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“Second, it serves as boundary concept to facilitate discussion between the academia and politics concerning resource governance and sustainable development (e.g., Bazilian et al., 2011; Hernandez et al., 2014; Abdullaev and Rakhmatullaev, 2016; Brouwer et al., 2018).”
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- Authors
- Hernandez, R. R., Easter, S. B., Murphy-Mariscal, M. L., Maestre, F. T., Tavassoli, M., Allen, E. B., Barrows, C. W., Belnap, J., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Ravi, S., & Allen, M. F.
- Affiliations
- Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- Southwest Biological Science Center (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hernandez, R.R.
- Venue
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 29
- Pages
- 766-779
- ISSN
- 1364-0321 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2092910536
- Cited by
- 850
- References
- 146
- Citations by year
- 2026: 130 · 2025: 141 · 2024: 96 · 2023: 93 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 79 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 42 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 22.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Carnegie Institution of Washington
- U.S. Geological Survey
- TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Stanford University
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (242658)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Keywords
- utility-scale solar, environmental impact of solar energy, biodiversity impacts, land use and land cover change, soil effects, water resources, human health, land-atmosphere interactions, climate change mitigation, environmental co-benefits
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