The Trouble with Environmental Values

James, Simon P.

doi:10.3197/096327116x14552114338747

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“…First, the current body of research does not appear to answer crucial questions such as whether values are shaped or bolstered by the bonds between an individual and a place; or conversely, whether the existence of a specified value or cluster of values makes it more or less likely for an individual to develop such a bond (James 2016). Secondly, while a person's sense of place can clearly affect whether and how that individual values specified environmental attributes, it is not the case that different people will necessarily -or even predictably -react to the same location in the same way (Honnold and Nelson 1979).…”

Section: Culture Self Place and Adaptive Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…(Cantrill 2015;Drenthen 2009;Davenport and Anderson 2005;Few et al 2007;Kudryavtsev et al 2012;Williams and Stewart 1998). And finally, it is important to note that the literature on self-and Environmental Values 27.1 place-constructs does not characterise place-bonding phenomena strictly in terms of values, but also focuses on attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and behaviour, leaving unanswered questions regarding the relationship between or primacy of these various human affects (James 2016).…”

Section: Culture Self Place and Adaptive Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Self-Identity and Sense of Place: Some Thoughts regarding Climate Change Adaptation Policy Formulation

Herrick¹

2018

Environmental Values

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The formulation and implementation of policies addressing the need to adapt to climate change can be difficult due to the long-term, uncertain nature of localised climate change impacts and associated vulnerabilities. Difficulties are intensified because policy interventions can involve high costs, foregone opportunity and changes to people's way of life. Factors such as these can spur an uncritical, or reflexive, negativity regarding efforts to address the projected impacts of climate change. Such reflexive negativity is often trivialised in pejorative terms, such as 'Nimbyism'. However, stakeholder reluctance to accept the need for adaptation planning may be strongly influenced by self-perceptions that are resistant to change. People's sense of self and sense of place may contribute to an 'imaginative intangibility' with respect to climate adaptation, blocking thoughtful reflection and deliberation regarding alternative approaches and providing rationales for cheating the system once implemented. If acknowledged and addressed in a sensitive manner, it may be possible to manage these self-perceptions to elevate public discourse about climate change and help create situationally appropriate adaptation policy regimes.

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Section: Culture Self Place and Adaptive Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Culture Self Place and Adaptive Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Identity and Sense of Place: Some Thoughts regarding Climate Change Adaptation Policy Formulation

Herrick¹

2018

Environmental Values

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“…The debate may benefit from complementary approaches, such as the SRN framework, that do not place the notion of values in the centre of attention. An advantage of not using the notion of values explicitly is that many people have reservations against approaches based on values and valuation (especially of ecosystem services) as focusing too much on an economic perspective, and that practical valuation exercises tend to be conducted in a narrow economic sense (James, 2016; Muradian & Gómez‐Baggethun, 2021; Neuteleers & Engelen, 2015; Raymond et al, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Societal Relationships with Nature’: A framework for understanding nature‐related conflicts and multiple values

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In this paper, we operationalize the concept of Societal Relationships with Nature (SRN) as a framework for understanding nature‐related conflicts and multiple values. Based on three dimensions knowledgescape, interactions and identity, we propose a set of questions for the empirical analysis of conflict situations. We use two case studies—designation of a biosphere reserve in southern Chile and the return of the wolf in Germany—to illustrate how the SRN framework can reveal and structure the complexity of human–nature relationships. From the conceptual advances and the academic debate on multiple values of nature, we derive four requirements for approaches to analyse nature‐related conflicts and how different stakeholders attribute importance to nature. These should (a) cover the relevant aspects and reveal the critical issues underlying a conflict, (b) enable an understanding of differences and commonalities in people’s perspectives and positions, (c) be comprehensive enough to uncover important issues in complex situations without losing empirical practicability and (d) take power relations into account. We discuss whether and how the SRN framework meets these requirements. We present the SRN framework in particular to the academic community working at the interface with policy and practice on multiple values of nature and nature‐related conflicts. SRN analysis can also be applied to complement valuation approaches by specifying and explaining differences in people’s attributions of value to nature. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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“…The word ‘value’ has different, although related, meanings in the English language, and different environmental and conservation studies have adopted different definitions. In environmental philosophy, to say that something has value usually means that it is in some way good (James, 2016). In this sense, ‘value’ refers to the goodness or worth of some natural entity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%