Preparing for climate change and hazards: Individual houseowners trust in local authorities and private entrepreneurs

Kolmodin, Sophie; Lundgren, Minna; Andersson, Caroline

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101277

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“…Given that governments and those in power have the ability to implement mitigation and adaptation policies, such individuals may be less likely to trust in and support such figures (Kolmodin et al, 2019). The thematic analysis supports this inference, with ulterior motives of interested parties being a key theme.…”

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“…Accordingly, individuals who perceived ‘powerful others’ as having little control over events in their life were more likely to be sceptical about the impacts of climate change. Given that governments and those in power have the ability to implement mitigation and adaptation policies, such individuals may be less likely to trust in and support such figures (Kolmodin et al, 2019). The thematic analysis supports this inference, with ulterior motives of interested parties being a key theme.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Associations of locus of control, information processing style and anti-reflexivity with climate change scepticism in an Australian sample

2022

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A proportion of the Australian public remains sceptical about the reality of climate change, its causes, impacts and the need for mitigatory action. To date, scepticism research largely focuses on factors highly resistant to change, particularly socio-demographic and value factors. This mixed-methods study investigated whether more malleable psychological factors: locus of control; information processing style; and anti-reflexivity, predicted climate change scepticism above and beyond socio-demographic and value factors. A sample of 390 participants ( Mean age = 41.31, standard deviation = 18.72; 230 male) completed an electronic survey. Using hierarchical regression, trust in forces of anti-reflexivity and external locus of control predicted impact scepticism. Decreased trust in forces of reflexivity also predicted attribution and impact scepticism. Finally, external locus of control predicted response scepticism. Key qualitative themes identified were, trust in alternative science; mistrust of climate science; belief in natural cycles; predictions not becoming reality; and ulterior motives of interested parties.

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Section: Locus Of Controlmentioning

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Associations of locus of control, information processing style and anti-reflexivity with climate change scepticism in an Australian sample

2022

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“…Instead, the lack of trust in local administrators, emerging from this research, does not constitute a factor of community resilience [87][88][89]. Additionally, in another study on the perception of climate change conducted in Sweden, homeowners said their trust in local policymakers is low when it comes to managing crises [90]. However, other studies on the perception of geo-hydrological risk in Calabria have also revealed the lack of trust of citizens towards local policymakers [60,61].…”

Section: Community Resilience To Extreme Natural Events and Climate Cmentioning

confidence: 94%

Climate Change and Social Perception: A Case Study in Southern Italy

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The consequences of climate change can involve various ambits and be very severe. For this reason, the social perception of climate change is a fundamental issue since it can influence the decisions of the policymakers, by encouraging or discouraging political, economic and social actions. In this paper, a sample of 300 interviews, collected through a standardized questionnaire and carried out among two municipalities located in southern Italy, was exploited to investigate the perception of climate change. Specific issues, regarding perceptions about climate change, concerns about its impacts, level of information, behavior and actions, exposure to extreme natural events and trust, were addressed to give answers to the research questions: (i) Is climate change perceived by the population? (ii) What is the degree of the community resilience to extreme natural events and climate change? As the main findings, this survey highlighted that the spatio-temporal dimension affects population perception, suggesting that some issues, such as correct behavior towards the geosphere, the sustainability of anthropization processes, community resilience and disaster risk reduction policies, can be very central and useful to mitigate the effects of climate change in population and society. Moreover, climate change perception varies in relation to contextual factors, including media communication, socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, knowledge and education, economic and institutional factors, personal values and, finally, psychological factors and experience.

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“…By studying household practices, we can reveal other aspects of how households prepare for disruptions, thus placing preparedness within practices that at first may seem unrelated (Heidenstrøm 2020, 384;Heidenstrøm and Kvarnlöf 2018). In Sweden, qualitative studies have looked at (rural) households' preparedness, past experiences, and management of long blackouts, storms, and climate change, among other emergency situations (Guldåker 2009;Heidenstrøm and Kvarnlöf 2018;Kolmodin, Lundgren, and Andersson 2019). This research primarily addresses food-related practices as part of the overall experience of preparedness.…”

Section: Cultural Perspectives On Food Storage and Household Preparednessmentioning

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Prepared for a crisis and the unexpected: managing everyday eventualities through food storage practices

Marshall

2021

Food, Culture & Society

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How and why do people store food? What norms, skills and items are involved in practices of stocking up and keeping food in pantries, refrigerators, and freezers? Despite an increasing interest in everyday food practices within food studies, research on domestic food storage practices is limited. In this article I depart from a practice theoretical framework to explore how food storage practices are made meaningful and involve certain competences and materials, with focus on preparedness. I draw on findings from a study on food storage in Sweden using an open-ended questionnaire and popular consumer magazines. The findings show that storing food is a concrete way of managing daily food work, time, social obligations, and potential societal crises. Households' food storage practices are attempts to manage and control everyday life with its routines and disruptions, and the immediate, distant, or imagined future. However, societal advice for of long-term storage, for example for crises, is challenged by normalized storage spaces, skills, and values attached to food and food storage. I conclude by proposing that a new rationale relating to storage economy may influence the meaning, competences, and materials of food storage practices in favor of household preparedness.

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Preparing for climate change and hazards: Individual houseowners trust in local authorities and private entrepreneurs

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Associations of locus of control, information processing style and anti-reflexivity with climate change scepticism in an Australian sample

Associations of locus of control, information processing style and anti-reflexivity with climate change scepticism in an Australian sample

Climate Change and Social Perception: A Case Study in Southern Italy

Prepared for a crisis and the unexpected: managing everyday eventualities through food storage practices

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