The framework

Comparing four case studies presents an analytic challenge since each country has its own style, decision process, and institutional arrangements. This chapter presents a set of unifying concepts that are sufficiently broad to enable us to structure the siting procedure in each country using a common framework. Building on these concepts we develop a set of reader’s aids that clarify the sequence of key events, the main concerns of the interested parties, and the arguments each stakeholder brings into the policy arena. Most importantly, these aids indicate how each siting problem was initially formulated and how it evolved over time.