Environmental Efficacy, Climate Change Beliefs, Ideology, and Public Water Policy Preferences
| العنوان: | Environmental Efficacy, Climate Change Beliefs, Ideology, and Public Water Policy Preferences |
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| المؤلفون: | Brent S. Steel, Erika Allen Wolters |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7000, p 7000 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 13 |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Washington, Resource (biology), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Hydraulic engineering, Natural resource economics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Population, Climate change, Public Policy, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Article, Oregon, Urbanization, education, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, education.field_of_study, Global warming, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Water, Environmental Policy, Water resources, Incentive, climate change, water policy, Medicine, environmental efficacy |
| الوصف: | Water is an unpredictable and often overallocated resource in the American West, one that strains policy makers to come up with viable, and politically acceptable policies to mitigate water management concerns. While large federal reclamation projects once dominated western water management and provided ample water for large scale agricultural development as well as the urbanization of the West, water engineering alone is no longer sufficient or, in some cases, a politically acceptable policy option. As demand for water in the West increases with an ever-growing population, climate change is presenting a more challenging and potentially untenable, reality of even longer periods of drought and insufficient water quantity. The complexity of managing water resources under climate change conditions will require multifaceted and publicly acceptable strategies. This paper therefore examines water policy preferences of residents in four western states: Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. Using a public survey conducted in these states in 2019, we examine preferences pertaining to infrastructural, education, incentives and regulation specifically examining levels of support for varying policies based on climate change and environmental efficacy beliefs as well as geography, demographic variables, and political ideology. Results show support for all water policies surveyed, with the exception of charging higher rates for water during the hottest part of summer. The most preferred water policies pertained to tax incentives. Some variation of support exists based on gender, education, environmental values, efficacy, state residency and belief in anthropogenic climate change. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a9410128a39665218dbd2ec72dfca969 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/13/7000 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a9410128a39665218dbd2ec72dfca969 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16617827 16604601 |
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