Objectives. This article examines environmental policy attitudes, focusing on the differences in preferences across issue type (i.e., pollution, resource preservation) and geographical scale (i.e., local, national, global). In addition, we study whether an individual’s trust in government influences environmental policy attitudes. Methods. Analyzing data from the 2007 Cooperative Congressional ...

OBJECTIVE Since communicating risk related to environmental hazards has consistently presented a challenge to government agencies and industries, our objective was to better understand the attitudes and beliefs of three communities, so as to help agencies and industries develop better risk communication interventions. METHODS We explored attitudes and beliefs about environmental risks in thre...

Understanding public perceptions of climate change risks is a prerequisite for effective climate communication and adaptation. Many studies of climate risk perceptions have either analyzed a general operationalization of climate change risk or employed a case-study approach of specific adaptive processes. This study takes a different approach, examining attitudes toward 17 specific, climate-rel...

As the buffer between farming and residential areas shrinks, pesticide related conflicts increase. Dan Levi and Kathryn Sperry discuss their study examining environmental attitudes and health impacts of living at the agricultural / urban interface in Oceano, California. The discussion illustrates the importance of including these potential environmental impacts and their mitigation in the plann...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the long-term effect of an early prevention program on mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to their children's development. The prevention program focused on increasing the mothers' sensitivity to their children's needs and their awareness of the importance of their role in their children's early development. METHOD Fifty-five mothers and the...

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This paper examines empirically the determinants that led large Japanese manufacturers Ž . Ž . to 1 incorporate environmental goals in their decisions, 2 obtain environmental certificaŽ . Ž . tion ISO 14001 , and 3 become early adopters of environmental certification. We estimate Ž . Ž . two sets of models: 1 models based on a profit maximization assumption and 2 models which incorporate utilit...