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The acceptability of climate change in agricultural communities: comparing responses across variability and change
Citation
Raymond, CM and Spoehr, J, The acceptability of climate change in agricultural communities: comparing responses across variability and change, Journal of Environmental Management, 115 pp. 69-77. ISSN 0301-4797 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.003
Abstract
This study examined how the terms used to describe climate change influence landholder acceptability
judgements and attitudes toward climate change at the local scale. Telephone surveyswere conducted with
landholders from viticultural (n = 97) or cereal growing (n = 195) backgrounds in rural South Australia.
A variety of descriptive and inferential statistics were used to examine the influence of human-induced
climate change and winter/spring drying trend terms on adaptation responses and uncertainties
surrounding climate change science. We found that the terms used to describe climate change leads to
significant differences in adaptation response and levels of scepticism surrounding climate change in rural
populations. For example, those respondents who accepted human induced climate change as a reality were
significantly more likely to invest in technologies to sow crops earlier or increase the amount of water stored
or harvested on their properties than respondents who accepted the winter/spring drying trend as a reality.
The results have implications for the targeting of climate change science messages to both rural landholders
and communities of practice involved in climate change adaptation planning and implementation.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | social limits, social barriers, adaptation, acceptability, agriculture, farmers, adaptive capacity |
Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
Research Group: | Environmental management |
Research Field: | Environmental management |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Adaptation to climate change |
Objective Field: | Social impacts of climate change and variability |
UTAS Author: | Raymond, CM (Dr Chris Raymond) |
ID Code: | 95815 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 15 |
Deposited By: | Centre for Environment |
Deposited On: | 2014-10-08 |
Last Modified: | 2014-11-11 |
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