Public perceptions of electric power transmission lines

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The role and policy implications of selected external factors as applied to the developmental patterns of five Wyoming fuels

Abstract Although several recent studies have shown how high voltage transmission (HVT) lines affect property values, no work has been undertaken in Zambia. This paper explores if there is a prima facie relationship between HVT lines and residential property values in Zambia. A priori evidence shows a paradox, with many new developments springing up in areas of high concentrations of HVT lines though residents vehemently complain about the mal-effects of HVT lines. Why then should land perceived to be inferior or “stigmatized” attract new developments? It is against this background that the householders’ perceptions of HVT lines are explored and the resulting effects on property values ascertained. A household survey was conducted in the Chalala, Libala South and Kamwala South areas of Lusaka city where developments have been undertaken around HVT Lines. The study also examined the statistical relationship of distances from HVT line with residential property values. Results show residential property values rise with increasing distance from the HVT line. It is recommended that the statutory wayleave distances should be raised to at-least 100 meters from the existing 31 meters for a 132kV line. It is further recommended that the regional wayleave guidelines currently in use should be made national.

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Perception Effects of High Voltage Transmission (HVT) Lines on Residential Property Values: Cases of Chalala, Libala South and Kamwala South Areas of Lusaka City-Zambia

The energy-environment crisis may be viewed in terms of action, values, and the foreseen future. The same is true for any social problem. A social problem is indicated and authenticated by values-oriented acts to reject some component of the expected future. But the defining values intrinsic to the definition of a given social problem are not the same as the relevant values expressed in the evaluation of alternative social and technological solutions to that problem. The conceptual framework presented in this paper places the focus of the study of social problems on that domain of present reality which is the implicit future, on acts of rejection of that future that are based on human values, on the function of defining and relevant values and information within the structure and dynamics of the problem, on the communication of problem stress within the society, and on the reduction of problem stress through the social construction of new reality. 60 references.

Milton Katz

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Decision-making in the production of power