Temporal pessimism and spatial optimism in environmental assessments: An 18-nation study

被引：198

作者：

Gifford, Robert ^{[1
]}

Scannell, Leila ^{[1
]}

Kormos, Christine ^{[1
]}

Smolova, Lidia

Biel, Anders ^{[2
]}

Boncu, Stefan ^{[3
]}

Corral, Victor ^{[4
]}

Guentherf, Hartrnut ^{[5
]}

Hanyu, Kazunori ^{[6
]}

Hine, Donald ^{[7
]}

Kaiser, Florian G. ^{[8
]}

Korpela, Kalevi ^{[9
]}

Lima, Luisa Marie

Mertig, Angela G. ^{[10
]}

Garcia Mira, Ricardo ^{[11
]}

Moser, Gabriel ^{[12
]}

Passafaro, Paola ^{[13
]}

Pinheiro, Jose Q. ^{[14
]}

Saini, Sunil ^{[15
]}

Sako, Toshihiko ^{[16
]}

Sautkina, Elena

Savina, Yannick ^{[12
]}

Schmuck, Peter ^{[17
]}

Schultz, Wesley

Sobeck, Karin ^{[17
]}

Sundblad, Eva-Lotta ^{[2
]}

Uzzell, David ^{[18
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Victoria, Dept Psychol, Victoria, BC V8W 3P5, Canada

[2] Univ Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

[3] Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ, Iasi, Romania

[4] Univ Sonora, Hermosillo 83000, Sonora, Mexico

[5] Univ Brasilia, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil

[6] Nihon Univ, Tokyo 102, Japan

[7] Univ New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia

[8] Eindhoven Univ Technol, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

[9] Univ Tampere, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland

[10] Middle Tennessee State Univ, Murfreesboro, TN USA

[11] Univ A Coruna, Coruna, Spain

[12] Paris Descartes Univ, Paris, France

[13] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

[14] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, BR-59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil

[15] Guru Jambheshwar Univ Sci & Technol, Jamshedpur, Bihar, India

[16] Waseda Univ, Tokyo, Japan

[17] Berlin Univ Technol, Berlin, Germany

[18] Univ Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2009年 / 29卷 / 01期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

Environmental optimism; Environmental pessimism; International; Cross-cultural; CULTURAL THEORY; VALUES; DEGRADATION; PERCEPTIONS; ATTITUDES; KNOWLEDGE; FUTURE; RISK;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.06.001

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The personal assessments of the Current and expected future state of the environment by 3232 community respondents in 18 nations were investigated at the local, national, and global spatial levels. These assessments were compared to a ranking of each country's environmental quality by air expert panel. Temporal pessimism ("things will get worse") Was found in the assessments at all three spatial levels. Spatial optimism bias ("things are better here than there") was found in the assessments of current environmental conditions in 15 Of 18 countries, but not in the assessments of the future. All countries except one exhibited temporal pessimism, but significant differences between them were common. Evaluations of current environmental conditions also differed by country. Citizens' assessments of current conditions, and the degree of comparative optimism, were strongly correlated with the expert panel's assessments of national environmental quality. Aside from the value of understanding global trends in environmental assessments, the results have important implications for environmental policy and risk management strategies. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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