The impact of direct and indirect experiences on the development of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

Duerden, Mat D.; Witt, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.03.007

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“…This goes in parallel with the recent trend of proposing contact with nature as a simple, inexpensive tool to enhance pro-environmentalism in children (Cheng & Monroe, 2012;Duerden & Witt, 2010). Given this background, the purpose of this study is to explore if and under what conditions FCN stimulates children's self-reported EB, taking into consideration EA and three different types of nature experiences children have on a daily basis.…”

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Effect of frequency and mode of contact with nature on children's self-reported ecological behaviors

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Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Esta es la versión de autor del artículo publicado en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in: influences EB in the three conditions. The strongest total impact was found for children living in the city and the weakest for those in the work-related rural area. No direct effect of FCN on EB was found for children in the non work-related rural area, and a negative direct effect for those in the work-related rural area. A better understanding of this direct effect will be needed in order to give recommendations for environmental education initiatives.

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Section: The Present Studymentioning

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Effect of frequency and mode of contact with nature on children's self-reported ecological behaviors

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“…• Experiential engagement with landscapes should be fostered by, for example, making them more accessible, taking school classes outdoors-direct learning from nature enhances sustainable attitudes and behaviours according to Duerden and Witt [60]-and providing opportunities for engaging in voluntary landscape-care activities.…”

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Dimensions of Landscape Stewardship across Europe: Landscape Values, Place Attachment, Awareness, and Personal Responsibility

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Improved perceptions towards landscape stewardship, at the local level, could help achieve more sustainable futures. However, little research has been done on the dimensions of landscape stewardship underlying such perceptions. Here we look at the perception of landscape values, place attachment, awareness of the adverse consequences human action might have on landscapes, and ascription of personal responsibility across Europe as well as how these dimensions are connected and influenced by personal capabilities and socio-cultural contexts. We conducted a cross-site comparison study, in six European municipalities, using a survey to capture residents' levels of awareness, responsibility, and attachment as derived from a set of statements. Respondents were also asked to indicate the values they perceive in the local landscape from a given list. The data was analysed by combining frequency analysis, factor analysis, and contingency tables. In our sample of 726 respondents, stronger awareness was related to stronger ascription of personal responsibility, but a connection to place attachment was not clear. Perception of multiple landscape values was related to stronger awareness, responsibility, and place attachment. Meanwhile, awareness and responsibility were influenced by respondents' occupation, levels of income and education, and socio-cultural context, whereas place attachment was linked to their relationship to the local area. We conclude that enhancing commitment towards landscape stewardship, at the local level, requires efforts focused on making environmental education more universal, implementing green options accessible to everyone, and people experientially engaging more actively with their local landscapes.

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“…Attitudes are socially and culturally constructed, and often interrelated with many influencing factors, such as socio-demographics, religion, cultural and ethnic background, collective pressure, laws and regulations, and media coverage (Rokeach, 1973;Pearce & Turner, 1990;Cairncross, 1991;Gössling, 2002;Duerden & Witt, 2010). An individual's beliefs about nature and the human role in it is a fundamental component of people's belief system in relation to the environment (Dunlap et al 2000) and there is a connectedness between people's attitude towards nature and their attitudes towards environmental issues.…”

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Modelling attitudes to nature, tourism and sustainable development in national parks: A survey of visitors in China and the UK

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This research undertook a visitor survey in two protected areas in different cultural contexts, namely China and the UK, to explore whether the value a person attaches to the environment influences their attitude towards sustainable tourism development in national parks. Structural equation models were developed with data from 597 and 368 questionnaires collected in Jiuzhaigou National Scenic Area, China and the New Forest National Park, UK respectively. The results suggested that anthropocentric or ecocentric values significantly influence people's attitudes to tourism and sustainable development. The same structured causal relationship was found in both samples, between people's attitudes towards the natural environment, conservation and tourism in a national park context.

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The impact of direct and indirect experiences on the development of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

Cited by 407 publications

References 34 publications

Effect of frequency and mode of contact with nature on children's self-reported ecological behaviors

Effect of frequency and mode of contact with nature on children's self-reported ecological behaviors

Dimensions of Landscape Stewardship across Europe: Landscape Values, Place Attachment, Awareness, and Personal Responsibility

Modelling attitudes to nature, tourism and sustainable development in national parks: A survey of visitors in China and the UK

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