Social Structure, Identities, and Values: A Network Approach to Understanding People's Relationships to Forests

Harshaw, Howard W.; Tindall, David B.

doi:10.1080/00222216.2005.11950061

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“…For example, people that highly value recreation experiences have different attitudes toward visual quality than do people that rate economic values highly; but those that highly value recreation values have similar attitudes to people that value ecology and aesthetics highly (Tindall 2003). In a study of the role of social structure and identities in explaining the diversity of forest values, Harshaw and Tindall (2005) found that foresters had values that were less diverse than those of non-foresters, and concluded that knowing about the characteristics of socialpsychological and social structural variables can be useful for identifying stakeholder representatives.…”

Section: The Socio-demographic Bases Of Environmental Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Tindall¹,

Harshaw²,

Sheppard³

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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This study draws upon the results of a survey of the general public in three communities in British Columbia to examine the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making at both the local and provincial levels. The main findings are that those members of the general public who are relatively more biocentrically oriented (as indicated by the NEP Scale) are less satisfied, and those who have acquaintanceship ties to people employed in the forestry sector are more satisfied. Women and those with more education were less satisfied (at the provincial level), and Vancouver residents were more satisfied (compared to Kelowna and Armstrong residents). Overall, satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making was relatively low. It was, however, slightly higher at the local level than at the provincial scale. Policy and research implications of this study are discussed.Key words: social networks, public participation, gender, New Ecological Paradigm, satisfaction with forest management, and sustainable forest management RÉSUMÉCette étude porte sur les résultats d'un sondage effectué auprès du grand public dans trois communautés de la ColombieBritannique dans le but d' étudier les références sociales de la satisfaction rattachée à la participation du public lors de la prise de décision portant sur l'aménagement forestier tant au niveau local que provincial. Les principaux éléments retenus indiquent que les personnes en provenance du grand public qui ont une orientation centrée surtout sur la nature (tel qu'indiqué selon l' échelle NEP) sont moins satisfaites et celles qui ont des contacts avec des gens à l' emploi du secteur forestier sont plus satisfaites. Les femmes et les personnes ayant un niveau de scolarité plus élevé sont moins satisfaites (au niveau provincial) et les résidants de Vancouver sont plus satisfaits (comparativement aux résidants de Kelowna et d' Armstrong). Somme toute, la satisfaction portant sur la participation du public lors de la prise de décision en aménage-ment forestier était relativement faible. Elle était, toutefois, légèrement supérieure au niveau local dans l' ensemble de la province. Les implications de cette étude en matière de politiques et de recherche sont présentées.Mots clés : réseaux sociaux, participation publique, sexe, nouveau paradigme de l' écologie, satisfaction reliée à l'aménage-ment forestier, aménagement forestier durable

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Section: The Socio-demographic Bases Of Environmental Concernmentioning

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Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Tindall¹,

Harshaw²,

Sheppard³

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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“…This shift has been motivated by an increase in public awareness of environmental and forestry issues [52]. Forest values are thus beliefs that represent an individual's orientation toward forests [35], and these values are have been shown to be related to our social structures and identity, through our level of experience with the forest and the people we network with [53]. Forests values cannot be depicted as one-dimensional, instead the concept should be seen as multi-dimensional [54].…”

Section: Values Beliefs and Attitudes-a Hierarchical Structure Withmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forest Values and Forest Management Attitudes among Private Forest Owners in Sweden

Nordlund

Westin

2010

Forests

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Abstract:The present study focused on how forests will be managed in the future in light of the increased emphasis being put by the public on the ecological and recreational values of forests, the trend towards an increased share of non-resident forest owners, and the increased female forest ownership. The value and belief basis of forest management attitudes was explored using a questionnaire sent to a sample of private forest owners 'residing on' (n = 995, return rate = 51.3%) and 'not residing on' the forest property (n = 997, return rate = 50%). The results showed that a share of private forest owners strongly value both the view that the forest should predominately be used for timber production and the view that preservation is most important. The proposed hierarchical structure of influence, in which the forest management attitude was influenced by values and beliefs, was supported in the study. The ecological, recreational, and production forest values primarily influenced the most closely related forest management attitude, even if some cross-sectional effects and some effects of socio-demographics were found, showing that the view a private forest owner has on different forms of management styles is shaped by the perceived multiple values of the forest.

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“…Categories for these questions (acquaintance, close friend, and relative) were taken from a study by Harshaw and Tindall (2005). This question was added because social networks influence attitudes and behavior (Harshaw and Tindall, 2005). People may have different definitions of who counts as a "conservationist," but no further definition was provided because we were interested in their perceptions of their networks.…”

Section: Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

Public views of wetlands and waterfowl conservation in the United States—Results of a survey to inform the 2018 update of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan

Social Structure, Identities, and Values: A Network Approach to Understanding People's Relationships to Forests

Cited by 90 publications

References 35 publications

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

Forest Values and Forest Management Attitudes among Private Forest Owners in Sweden

Public views of wetlands and waterfowl conservation in the United States—Results of a survey to inform the 2018 update of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan

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