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Developing a Theoretical Framework to Explain the Social Acceptability of Wind Energy

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
The social acceptability of wind farms has been researched for several decades now, with the first research tracing back to the 1980s. This paper aims to deliver a literature review within the structural framework proposed by the paper of variables ...
Sigurd Hilmo Lundheim   +3 more
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Questionnaires to Measure Acceptability of Social Robots: A Critical Review

open access: yesRobotics, 2019
Understanding user perceptions is particularly important in developing social robots, which tend to have a high degree of interaction with humans. However, psychometric measures of robot acceptability have only recently started to become available.
Christian U. Krägeloh   +4 more
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Doit-on s’attendre à un refus du déploiement de l’hydrogène ? Dynamique territoriale et transition énergétique

open access: yesVertigO, 2021
Far from being limited to strictly environmental stakes, energy transition gives mainly rise to political, social and economic stakes. It is accordingly important not to reduce the deployability of technology to its technoscientific benefits.
Félix G.R. Turmel
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Stratégie d’une junior minière française face au « risque social » : le cas du projet Fonts-Bouillants

open access: yesVertigO, 2022
Social risk, i.e. the opposition of local populations, has now become one of the major issues for mineral exploration or exploitation projects. In France, protest movements against them have been holding back the mining revival desired by the government ...
Aurélien Reys   +3 more
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Public Preferences in a Shifting Energy Future: Comparing Public Views of Eight Energy Sources in North America’s Pacific Northwest

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
The U.S. and Canada continue to face major changes in energy production. Mounting awareness of the climate crisis has placed increasing importance on developing renewable energy sources, however, advances in fossil fuel extraction technology have opened ...
Shawn Olson Hazboun   +1 more
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Le NIMBY ne suffit plus ! Étude de l’acceptabilité sociale des projets de méthanisation

open access: yesL'Espace Politique, 2020
Renewable energy projects are far from being unanimously accepted at local level, while they are often supported by public opinion as a mean of combating climate change.
Sébastien Bourdin
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Social Acceptability in Context: Stereotypical Perception of Shape, Body Location, and Usage of Wearable Devices

open access: yesBig Data and Cognitive Computing, 2022
Assessing social acceptability is vital when designing body-worn mobile devices. Previous research found evidence that using stereotyping content model (SCM) mobile devices can systematically predict ratings of the warmth and competence of their wearers.
Jessica Sehrt   +3 more
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A Survey for Measuring Social Acceptability of Cycling in Metropolises, Case Study: Tehran Metropolis [PDF]

open access: yesجامعه شناسی کاربردی, 2017
Introduction  Tehran as a big and a developing Metropolis in Asia suffers from automobile use and its negative impacts for environment and health care. In this situation and according to recent important steps for extending public transport system, main ...
Mohsen Askari, Mahmoud Rahimi
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Economic, environmental, and social sustainability of Alternate Wetting and Drying irrigation for rice in northern Italy

open access: yesFrontiers in Water, 2023
Italy is Europe's leading rice producer, with over half of total production almost totally concentrated in the north-western part of the Padana plain. In this area, rice irrigation has traditionally been carried out by wet seeding and continuous flooding.
Olfa Gharsallah   +13 more
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Understanding acceptability of digital health technologies among francophone-speaking communities across the world: a meta-ethnographic study

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2023
IntroductionIncreasingly, people are turning toward digital health technologies to support their care management, communication with health professionals, and performing activities of daily living.
Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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