Offshore renewables - social impact: two way conversation with the people of Scotland

Appendix 5: Initial Code Tree

Marine Scotland Public Dialogue Round 1

Code Tree

SIA categories

Way of life: How people live, work, play and interact with each other

Clean environment

Honesty, safe environment: Part of living in a small community - trust between people and low/no crime Time to myself, free time

Peace and quiet

Culture: Shared beliefs, customs, values and language or dialect

Entertainment

Tourism

Cultural heritage

Local newspaper, website etc

Gaelic

Art, photography

Local/national identity

Music, dancing, singing

Design / placing of buildings/development

Community: Its cohesion, stability, character, services and facilities Being involved

Library

Parks, recreational facilities

Age balance

Schools/education

Friends, neighbours

Church

Housing

Shopping

Socialising and the places to do that e.g. pubs

Transport connections, accessibility, driving

Supporting others, caring for others, knowing everyone

Energy

Politicaldecision-making systems: Including engagement

Environment, health and wellbeing

Views: Views of landscape/sea etc

Connection to nature

Sea mammals: whales dolphins etc

Birds

Fishing

Happiness/wellbeing

Walks

Name of specific place e.g. Islay

Sea, coastline, beaches

Environment, landscape, weather

Health, hospitals, GPs: includes personal health and access to health facilities

Using potential of nature :Ecosystem services

Noise

Pollution

Fears and aspirations

Freedom

Community sustainability

Being too insular

Able to stay in place

Respect for the land, environment

Equality

Belonging

Cost of living, money: this includes mentions of cost of energy, fuel

Innovation: Locality / Scotland / UK as world leader in technology

Influx of workers from outside community

Personal and property rights

Space: interpreting this as having space around you - openness etc

Home: used to mean place and emotional attachment

Garden

Possessions

Values related to resilience categories

Social resilience: relating to vulnerability characteristics, demographics deprivation Institutional resilience

Economic

Infrastructure

Community capital: links with community in SIA categories as well but means networks - social capital specifically

Responses to themes raised by facilitators

Positive impacts of offshore renewables

Negative impacts of offshore renewables

Potential benefits of offshore renewables

Community benefits

Feelings about change

Actions in response to change

Specific groups impacted by changes

Ways of reducing or improving impacts

Scenarios

Generic

Generic wind

Wind 1

Wind 2

Tidal