کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5050021 1476396 2012 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Shifting environmental perspectives in agriculture: Repeated Q analysis and the stability of preference structures
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Shifting environmental perspectives in agriculture: Repeated Q analysis and the stability of preference structures
چکیده انگلیسی

A critical issue in behavioural environmental studies is the evolution of attitudes over time. This analysis reports a unique longitudinal study of individual farmers' perspectives using Q methodology, with a group of UK farmers' opinions assessed in both 2001 and 2008. Three main outcomes are evident. Firstly, the set of farmers' perspectives identified in 2001 appears to be still adequate to summarise the range of views present in 2008; thus substantially new sets of concerns do not appear to be forming over this period. Secondly, the proportions of farmers aligning themselves with particular perspectives appear to have shifted, indicating some clear reorientations of attitudes. Thirdly, these shifts indicate a small number of specific directions of change, oriented towards more productivist positions and away from more environmental interests. In summary, the key dimensions of agri-environmental concern amongst farmers overall do not appear to be significantly changing over this period, but the proportions of farmers that are sensitive to particular concerns do appear to have undergone some change. Given the unusual methodology, sample size and recruitment methods used these results most certainly cannot be translated into population-wide effects, but they do provide a valuable opportunity for consideration of pathways of change.

► A repeat survey of farmers' environmental perspectives using Q method is reported. ► The same UK farmers were assessed in both 2001 and 2008 with the same Q method. ► The views identified in 2001 are adequate to summarise the views present in 2008. ► The proportions of farmers aligning with particular perspectives has shifted. ► The attitudinal shifts are to more productivist, less environmentalist orientations.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 83, November 2012, Pages 51-57
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