The CTARP Energy Facility Siting Study. Volume I: Coastal Facility Siting and the National Interest

摘要

The first of four volumes of a study dealing with energy facility siting in the coastal zone and the national interest presents a conceptual summary and policy analysis. The problems and common structure of energy facility siting controversies are reviewed and the current role of coastal management is commented on briefly. The meaning of interest statements and related concepts is discussed and a presentation and comparison of two opposing views of the national interest are presented. The institutional mechanisms needed to initiate the sample process are described. The nature of the process dealing with procedural decisions, cooperative analysis, and bargaining is discussed.