From the Foreword by Dr Valmond Ghyoot, Emeritus Professor of Real Estate, University of South Africa: The valuation profession, the legal profession, property industry participants in general and students will welcome publication of this book. Investors, environmental groups and affected property owners will find essential information for use in their decision-making, development objections and claims. My hope is that [it] will provide answers where required and that it will help to improve the professional standard of valuations and appraisals internationally. I trust that it will also raise the standard of testimony in damages cases. If so, the editors and contributors will have succeeded in documenting the state of the art in this relatively unexplored terrain. As a reference source, this book will help quantify the negative impacts on property values of high voltage overhead transmission lines, cell phone towers, and wind turbines. It gives a modern perspective of the concerns property owners have about the siting of industrial structures used to transmit or generate various forms of energy and how these concerns impact on property values. Studies reveal concerns the public have about devices and structures that emit electromagnetic fields (EMFs) due to their potential health hazards. . Despite some research reports suggesting there are no potential adverse health hazards from high voltage overhead transmission lines (HVOTLs) and towers, there is still on-going concern about the siting of these structures due to fears of health risks from exposure to EMFs, changes in neighbourhood aesthetics and loss in property values. The siting of wind turbines is also receiving community opposition due to noise, light flicker, aesthetic concerns, and loss in property values. The extent to which such attitudes are reflected in lower property values is not well understood. Towers, Turbines and Transmission Lines: Impacts on Property Value outlines results of studies conducted in the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and offers guidance to valuers as well as to property/real estate appraisal students and property owners around the world. The book provides defensible tools that are becoming widely accepted to assess the effect that these environmental detriments have on property prices.

From the Foreword by Dr Valmond Ghyoot, Emeritus Professor ofReal Estate, University of South Africa:'The valuation profession, the legal profession, propertyindustry participants in general and students will welcomepublication of this book. Investors, environmental groups andaffected property owners will find essential information for use intheir decision-making, development objections and claims. My hopeis that [it] will provide answers where required and that it willhelp to improve the professional standard of valuations andappraisals internationally. I trust that it will also raise thestandard of testimony in damages cases. If so, the editors andcontributors will have succeeded in documenting the state of theart in this relatively unexplored terrain.'As a reference source, this book will help quantify the negativeimpacts on property values of high voltage overhead transmissionlines, cell phone towers, and wind turbines. It gives a modernperspective of the concerns property owners have about the sitingof industrial structures used to transmit or generate various formsof energy and how these concerns impact on property values.Studies reveal concerns the public have about devices andstructures that emit electromagnetic fields (EMFs) due to theirpotential health hazards. . Despite some research reportssuggesting there are no potential adverse health hazards from highvoltage overhead transmission lines (HVOTLs) and towers, there isstill on-going concern about the siting of these structures due tofears of health risks from exposure to EMFs, changes inneighbourhood aesthetics and loss in property values. The siting ofwind turbines is also receiving community opposition due to noiselight flicker, aesthetic concerns, and loss in property values. Theextent to which such attitudes are reflected in lower propertyvalues is not well understood.Towers, Turbines and Transmission Lines: Impacts on PropertyValue outlines results of studies conducted in the US, the UKAustralia and New Zealand and offers guidance to valuers as well asto property/real estate appraisal students and property ownersaround the world. The book provides defensible tools that arebecoming widely accepted to assess the effect that theseenvironmental detriments have on property prices.

About the Editors and ContributorsGlossaryForeword1. IntroductionPeter Dent and Sally Sims2. MethodsDave Wyman, Peter Dent and Sally Sims3. Risk Perception, Stigma and BehaviourPeter Dent and Sally SimsPart I - High Voltage Overhead Power Transmission Lines (HVOTLs) and House PricesIntroductionSally Sims4. HVOTLs in the UKSally Sims and Peter Dent5. HVOTLs in New ZealandSandy Bond6. A Review of HVOTL Studies in North AmericaDavid Wyman and Elaine WorzalaSummaryPeter DentPart II - Cell Phone TowersIntroductionSandy Bond7. Cell Phone Towers in New ZealandSandy Bond8. Cell Phone Towers in North AmericaSandy Bond9. Cell Phone Towers in the UKSally SimsSummarySandy BondPart III - Wind FarmsIntroductionSally Sims10. Wind Farms in the UKSally Sims and Peter Dent11. Wind Farms in North AmericaBen Hoen12. Wind Farms in Australia and New ZealandSandy BondSummaryPeter Dent13. ConclusionPeter Dent and Sally SimsIndex