کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6461513 1421824 2016 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Network analysis to support environmental resources management. A case study in the Cerrado, Brazil
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک جنگلداری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Network analysis to support environmental resources management. A case study in the Cerrado, Brazil
چکیده انگلیسی


- Local inhabitants play a crucial role in the conservation of natural resources.
- Network analysis supports decision makers for understanding citizens' perceptions.
- Improve the citizens' consciousness foster the reduction of fire impacts.
- Challenge is to develop attractive training courses with significant participation.

The study examines citizens' opinions about one crucial factor: the fire that affects the Brazilian savannah “Cerrado”. The paper aims at introducing a new tool that facilitates the assessment of people's behaviour in order to support practitioners and decision makers to develop management strategies that fostering the environmental conservation, economic growth and human wellbeing.The study applies the network analysis in order to analyse the citizens' opinions about causes of fire ignition and suppression activities for firefighting evoked by local inhabitants during the face-to-face interviews.The main finding carried out in this work is the usefulness of a cognitive map for synthesising a variety of people's beliefs. Furthermore, the study reveals the general lack of awareness among people concerning fire use and management and the careless use of fire in rural activities. The chi-square test reveals that natural and physical dimensions affect society's beliefs with statistical significance p < 0.001.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Land Use Policy - Volume 59, 31 December 2016, Pages 217-226
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