Suchergebnisse

In this inter-disciplinary follow-up to Future as Fairness: Ecological Justice and Global Citizenship (edited by Haugestad and Wulfhorst, Rodopi 2004) 14 chapters explore a variety of conceptual and practical pathways to the building of sustainable communities. Five chapters provide different perspectives on sustainable and unsustainable agriculture. Other cases explored are wildlife valuations, distributional effects of environmental policy, the emerging American nuclear power renaissance, regulation of care use, job losses with a raising GDP, cooperation between labour and environmentalists

The rural-urban interface in southwestern Idaho has experienced rapid population growth since 1990. That burgeoning population sits on the frontier of more than 3.5 million acres of open space—public rangelands in Owyhee County—managed for multiple use by the Bureau of Land Management. The remote areas of Owyhee County have long-standing ranching operations as their social structure and basis for community, but recreational use continues to increase from the adjacent metropolitan population. The related changing social landscape and environmental impacts affect sense of place for many. This analysis uses qualitative and quantitative data to analyze relationships and impacts associated with the emergence of sense of place among different groups for the same region and concludes multiple groups claiming a sense of place to the same general locations can affect traditional community structures at the same time a competing sense of place may foster expanded and more diverse social interactions.

Abstract
Mandatory surveillance testing programs are popular policies aimed to control SARS-CoV-2 and may be considered for future epidemics. However, if people believe that testing lowers their risk of infection, such policies could increase risky behavior and may even cause increased pathogen spread. Using data from two US universities, we find that frequent mandatory testing is associated with greater participation in events linked to COVID-19 spread. Women seem to be driving this association, and mediation analyses suggest this is partly due to women's higher perception of COVID-related health risks. Our results show the potential for adverse effects from epidemic control policies, both on average and across population subgroups. Undertaking mitigation measures to reduce such unintended consequences may therefore be important.

Se propone mostrar que es factible estudiar la complejidad de la dinámica arbórea en fincas privadas en tres zonas agrícolas de Costa Rica. Con este fin, se aplicó la combina-ción de enfoques de capitales de la comunidad y de la indagación apreciativa. Se entrevistaron 210 productores y se reunió 40% de ellos en 16 grupos focales. El primero permitió tomar en cuenta los diferentes recursos que poseen, mostrando que consideran capital financiero importante, pero que la dinámica arbórea en sus fincas está más influida por los capitales humano, social y cultural. El segundo enfoque fomentó la participación de actores locales, ayudó a dar mayor dinámica al análisis y facilitó la reflexión por parte de los participantes de la investigación.

Abstract Decisions regarding hazardous waste facility siting are now open to extensive public debate. Efforts on the part of public officials and private companies to site waste management facilities have been thwarted by public opposition. Using survey data from leaders and residents in communities which are hosting or siting facilities, this study examines their sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, levels of trust, perceptions of risk, perceptions of economic impacts, perceptions of equity issues and the differential effects of these factors on acceptance of local waste facility siting. Leaders in these communities were more supportive of local waste facility siting than were other community residents. The major determinant of leaders' acceptance of waste siting was their perceptions of the economic benefits of a facility to the community. Although this was also important to residents, perceptions of health, safety, and environmental contamination risks had larger effects on their acceptance of such facilities.