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Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) ; Developing geothermal power projects may lead to trade-offs, whereby the economic and social benefits of the venture are difficult to compare with its cultural consequences, which include impacts to ES such as aesthetics, spiritual enrichment and inspiration. The socio-cultural rather than monetary character of such impacts reinforce the importance of a pluralist approach to valuation, in order to ensure that all human well-being impacts linked to the development of geothermal power projects are accounted for in appropriate decision-support tools, which can successfully integrate diverse values concerning the environment. In this short communication, this paper considers the various impacts to cultural ecosystem services that are associated with the development of geothermal power projects, and a literature review is conducted concerning the extent to which cultural impacts have been included within Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). Using the Search, Appraisal, Synthesis and Analysis, and snowballing methods, eight studies are identified. This review finds, with one exception, a lack of focus on cultural impacts and limited stakeholder consultation. This issue could potentially be of particular concern in relation to geothermal power projects impacting indigenous communities, whereby decision-making is frequently conducted according to the notion of the national good, with local interests relegated in importance. ; This paper has been subject to funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research programme in relation to the DEEPEGS project (grant no. 690771), RANNIS (The Icelandic Centre for Research) (grant no. 163464053), the Landsvirkjun Energy Research Fund, and Vegagerðin (The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration). ; Peer Reviewed

Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced analytical concepts and tools to explore the dynamics of industrial ecosystems, concentrating specifically on regions and networks