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British Politics and Policy Blog - LSE:
Gone with the wind: house prices are negatively affected where turbines are visible

20 October 2014

Wind turbines are generally popular as a source of green energy but face considerable opposition from the people who have to live near them. Steve Gibbons uses local property markets as a way to value the visual impact of wind farms and finds significant negative effects on house prices in postcodes where the turbines are visible.

This article was posted online by the LSE's British Politics and Policy blog on October 20, 2014
Link to article here

Related publications
'Gone with the Wind: Valuing the Visual Impacts of Wind Turbines through House Prices', Stephen Gibbons, SERC Discussion Paper No.159, April 2014
Gone with the Wind, Stephen Gibbons. Article in CentrePiece Volume 19, Issue 2, Autumn 2014

Related links
Stephen Gibbons webpage
SERC website

British Politics and Policy Blog - LSE:Gone with the wind: house prices are negatively affected where turbines are visible

British Politics and Policy Blog - LSE:
Gone with the wind: house prices are negatively affected where turbines are visible