Environmental Perception and Cognition in Rural Contexts

Feimer, Nickolaus R.

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“…Selecting and describing site attributes. The attributes selected for research were generated from previous studies in spatial cognition, scenic quality, natural hazards, and the social and managerial features of backcountry recreation areas Driver & Knopf, 1977;Feimer, 1983;Haas, Driver & Brown, 1980;Roggenbuck & Dawson, 1979). The original list of 33 attributes was pilot tested among 37 university undergraduates.…”

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The Influence of Past Experience on Wilderness Choice

Watson

Roggenbuck

Williams

1991

Journal of Leisure Research

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A study of Southern Appalachian backcountry hikers tested the hypothesis that recreationists with high experience levels would have greater differentiation of site attribute values when making recreation choices than would individuals with low experience. Contrary to cognitive development theory. a simulated laboratory choice study found that more experienced subjects employed fewer and broader attribute value categories that did their less experienced counterparts. This surprising finding might be explained by the nature of the judgment task. Cognitive development theory suggests that greater experience leads to greater perceptual distinction along a range of attribute values, but social judgment theory suggests fewer attitudinal or preference distinctions along the range of attribute values with increased involvement with the issue or object. Leisure planners, managers, and programmers must decide what type of judgment they are asking recreationists to make when they attempt to influence choice through provision of information.

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The Influence of Past Experience on Wilderness Choice

Watson

Roggenbuck

Williams

1991

Journal of Leisure Research

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“…Urban-rural differences in perception might also play a role, particularly in viticulture; as mentioned, this is a second or retirement career for many growers in the Hill Country VA, having worked previously in professions not tied to agriculture. Rural residents whose livelihoods have historically depended on agriculture have a stronger sensitivity to the threat of natural hazards than those who have less experience with the hazards, such as those who have lived most of their professional lives in an urban area (Feimer 1983, citing Burton et al 1978Burton and Kates 1964;Kates 1967Kates , 1976and Saarinen 1976).…”

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The Challenge of Growing Wine Grapes in the Hill Country: An Evaluation of Changing Grower Perceptions of Natural Hazards in Texas Vineyards

Townsend¹,

Butler²,

Dixon³

2016

Papers in Applied Geography

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“…These environments are understood by affective and aesthetic reactions [50], up to where "The rural environment is an object for aesthetic consumptions..." [68]. Rural residents in relation to, and dispute with, their psychophysical environment are characterized by perception and knowledge processes, by reference to their places and resources [69], as well as by activities characterizing the farming profession [70]. Other studies highlight the complexity of people's relationships with the environment through attitudes towards it [67,69,71], through various levels of awareness, commitment, behavior and pro-environment action [72][73][74].…”

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Collective and Social Representations on Nature and Environment: Social Psychology Investigation in Rural Areas

Dincă

Darabaneanu

Oprea

2021

Land

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This is a qualitative research based on a phenomenological perspective of understanding, that aim to captures the way in which the population of rural areas from the western part of Romania understands the terms of nature and environment. Starting from valuable scientific studies related to the relationship between man and nature, we propose an original interdisciplinary approach that combines social methodology with a geographical, ecological and land use perspective. This study aims to identify the forms in which social representations about nature and environment are outlined on the level of rural areas people perceptions. As Romania is a European Union member state, its rural areas have seen transformations and changes in detail that reflect in the environmental-geographical ambience typical of the three main relief types (mountains, hills and plains), the mixed geomorphological type, its residents’ basic aspirations and conscious attitudinal and behavioral levels. The two study benchmarks are the notions of nature and environment, raising perception sensitivities and everyday concerns belonging to the residents of the rural areas surveyed. The administrative unit of Bihor County, belonging to the northern half of the Crișana Province and comprised of rural communities in 97 villages, was selected as the study’s target area. These villages were selected in such a way that they had to meet the requirements of balance and diversity of local environmental conditions, land use and the result of changing their land cover and the socio-geodemographic conditions of the population. A series of 1576 questionnaires were administered to subjects who are over 18 years old and are aware of the reality of their places. The results of the applied tests (Levene’s test) show that the concrete factors of daily activities are very good predictors of the relationship between man and nature.

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Environmental Perception and Cognition in Rural Contexts

Cited by 8 publications

References 43 publications

The Influence of Past Experience on Wilderness Choice

The Influence of Past Experience on Wilderness Choice

The Challenge of Growing Wine Grapes in the Hill Country: An Evaluation of Changing Grower Perceptions of Natural Hazards in Texas Vineyards

Collective and Social Representations on Nature and Environment: Social Psychology Investigation in Rural Areas

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