Climate change impacts in Missouri State Parks: Perceptions from engaged park users

Attributing extreme weather to climate change: State Park employees as institutional actors

“…One interesting context for studying the topic of subjective attribution is the cultural institution of state parks. Researchers in recreation and leisure studies and environmental psychology celebrate the potential for parks to inspire civic engagement in the issue of climate change (Groshong et al, 2018;Schweizer et al, 2013). They emphasize parks as ideal sites for place-based climate change communication due to the visibility of environmental impacts and the fact that some visitors regard park officials as more influential than their own family members.…”

From embedded to dis-embedded community: With a discussion of community theory for the national parks and its policy enlightenments

“…学界围绕资源管理、访客管理和游憩服务支持形成了三大研究领域 [8,[54][55][56] 和两条研究 脉络。一是将人作为"自然之存在" ，研究原住民、访客等主体对国家公园管理目标的影 响 [57,58] ；二是将自然作为"人之存在" ，研究生物多样性、气候变化的管理响应 [59,60] ，政治 环境、地区合作、新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情等宏观因素被用作解释上述关系的新变量 [5,61] 。 以上研究多是阐释单体国家公园的可持续发展、有效管理的案例研究和实证研究 [62,63] ，不 同类型国家公园利益相关者的共同利益缺失和利益冲突等关系研究还待加强。 从治理维度看，已有的国家公园研究从最初面向"地"的生态、社区、经济等多重 治理研究 [64] ，到 2000 年代侧重"关系"的治理模式、产权、合作研究拓展 [39] ，再到近来 对善治的聚焦研究 [65,66] ，尤其是对善治的规范性探索为国家公园治理有效性提供了分析工 具。各国相互学习借鉴，探索形成了一些以科学保护为目标的相对统一规范高效的治理 工具 [67,68] 。然而，以上研究的分析逻辑多具有鲜明的工具理性，而国家公园管理与治理研 究中不仅包括生态保护成效探索，亦需要刻画其社会响应情况，尤其是国民认同及生态 保护行为支持 (图 3) 。…”

Decolonial considerations of environmentalism: Observations from a (US) State Park

“…Researchers have increasingly explored the relationship between psychological distance from climate change and environmental concern (Demski et al, 2017;Chu & Yang, 2018;Ogunbode et al, 2019;Chen, 2020). Personal proximity to the flooding event in question, as well as relatively high levels of "environmental responsibility" (Nash, 1977: 25;Groshong et al, 2018) suggest that park visitors might be especially inclined to perceive a link between the flooding and climate change.…”

“…The first component concerned how participants understood their connection to nature and the local environment. Public statements of purpose from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism suggest a construction of environmental concern -similar to the cult of wilderness (Martinez-Alier, 2015) -that prioritizes conservation of pristine nature, and highly engaged park visitors may be especially likely to share this form of environmental concern (Vaske et al, 2001;Groshong et al, 2018). The second component of this question considered whether this racialized environmental concern varied as a function of participant racial identity.…”