Proposed by Rose et al., 20151 | Why some families living in proximity to wind turbine facilities contemplate vacating their homes |
Element 1 The central phenomenon that is the focus of the study. | Element 1 The central phenomenon/event is the siting of an IWT facility within 10 km of rural family homes. |
Element 2 The causal conditions that contribute to the phenomenon. | Element 2 The causal conditions are described in the themes and sub-themes such as environmental interference, altered perceptions and living conditions which participants associated with an operational IWT facility within 10 km of their family home. |
Element 3 The context in which the phenomenon is embedded. | Element 3 The context is embedded in a government policy with research participants becoming informed and taking action through various processes such as filing complaints and participating in legal/judicial processes. |
Element 4 The actions and interactions taken by people in response to the phenomenon. | Element 4 The actions and interactions taken resulted in participants contemplating housing decisions such as: vacating/abandoning a family home; contemplating to do so; preemptively vacating; periodically and intermittently vacating; or deciding to remain. |
Element 5 The consequences of those actions and interactions. | Element 5 The consequences of these actions and interactions taken in Element 4 include participants’ sentiments and expressions of an “aftermath” such as: profound losses; effects related to social justice, rights, personal security; grief, displacement, anger, bitterness, mistrust, stress and anxiety; financial losses and hardship and impact on employment; and effects on relationships. |