Gauging concerns about climate change in Great Lakes coastal communities

Feltman, Brockton C.; Norris, Patricia E.; Batanian, Jessica L.

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2017.05.003

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“…The potential for prominent/ important social drivers of behaviour is of interest and explored by academics in the Great Lakes region. Examples of prominent relationships investigated in the region are agricultural runoff and climate change (Feltman et al, 2017;Guo et al, 2019;Stoutenborough et al, 2014). Colvin et al (2016) discusses the complexity of identifying stakeholders amongst social structures.…”

Section: State Of Research and Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Colvin et al (2016) discusses the complexity of identifying stakeholders amongst social structures. Better understanding of social drivers is proposed to have value in improving policy design and implementation (Feltman, 2017;Guo, 2021) as well as identifying stakeholders for engagement.…”

Section: State Of Research and Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Policy makers must consider the palatability of a proposed policy to the public and/or the likelihood of the public to engage in an encouraged pro-environment behaviour (Guo, 2020;Rissman, 2017). This is proposed to be controlled by socio-demographic characteristics and psychological factors (Feltman, 2017;Guo, 2020, Rissman, 2017. It is believed that understanding of these correlations may lend insight of value to policy makers, managers and social scientists.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Examples of regional examples are southern Wisconsin (Rissman et. al., 2017) and Grand Traverse Bay (Feltman et. al., 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Public Engagement in the Great Lakes Basin: a Regression & Spatial Analysis of Predictors of Public Engagement using Great Lakes Regional Survey Data

Rudolph

2024

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<p>This research project is an analysis of public opinion in the Great Lakes region (i.e., socio-demographic characteristics, values and beliefs) and an assessment of how these characteristics are related to watershed governance actions using LASSO regression and spatial analysis. The Great Lakes Regional Poll (GLRP) is a public opinion survey of 4550 residents (n = 4550) from across the GL basin performed on behalf of the International Joint Commission, and has been the focus of previous social science scholarship and analysis. The biennial survey includes over 60 questions related to perceived status and conditions of the Great Lakes, willingness to engage in water protection actions and questions about individual beliefs and policy/regulation support as well as respondent socio-demographics. The 2018 edition of the survey was analyzed previously using LASSO regression to determine which variables are significant related to public engagement. This study builds on previous research by analyzing the 2021 survey and consistency of results are discussed within the context of the Pro-Environmental Behaviour (PEB) literature. Geo-spatial mapping of residuals is also introduced as a diagnostic tool for model performance. The model includes 61 predictors from 2021 GLRP. Four consistent predictors were identified, including: Political Ideology, Indigenous Identity, Belief of Role of the Individual in GL protection; and Age. Two of these (Political Ideology and Indigenous Identity) are found to be consistent with previous work. The findings from this research related to these predictors gives insight for policy makers as well as researchers to develop theory and strategies related to future public engagement in the Great Lakes region.</p>

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