Values of Place: Measuring Attitudes of Community Leaders Toward Scenes from Rural Landscapes

Mangun, Jean C.; Carver, Andrew D.; Ylli, Valbona

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“…Institutional theorists have found that the impact of actors' perceptions of institutional elements on such behaviors as adoption of innovation vary based on organizational size (Sharma 2000;Zucker 1987). Rural research has suggested that population size may be a factor in shaping community attitudes, including those toward issues related to community development (Ayres and Potter 1989;Mangun, Carver, and Ylli 2009;Shields 2005). Reasons for these differences may stem from varying rates of diffusion of social and cultural change due to network size and density (Glenn and Hill 1977), and strength of social capital, local bonds, and personal affiliations (Ulhaner 1989).…”

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Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

Frazier

Stoel

Niehm

et al. 2013

Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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This study uses institutional theory to examine the relationship between rural community norms and optimism for new firm survival. A survey of 1161 residents and business owners in 32 rural US communities explored community-wide attitudes toward change and norms related to community and local business sector symbolic and performative actions and their influence on local residents' optimism about prospects for success of new businesses. Multiple regression analysis revealed that institutional norms supporting change and reflecting positive attitudes regarding residents' and business owners' actions in the task environments are positively related to community optimism about new firm survival. Evidence also supports differential effects of population size on norms related to openness to change and retailer performative actions. Findings suggest that the rural community institutional environment may have an influence on efforts to attract and retain new businesses in rural communities.La pr esente etude utilise la th eorie institutionnelle pour examiner les relations entre les normes propres aux communaut es rurales et les chances de survie des nouvelles entreprises. Une enquête portant sur 1161 r esidents et chefs d'entreprises dans 32 communaut es rurales am ericaines a etudi e les attitudes a l' echelle des communaut es vis-a-vis du changement et les normes relatives aux actions symboliques et performatives touchant la communaut e et le secteur des entreprises locales et leur influence sur l'optimisme des r esidents locaux quant aux perspectives de r eussite des nouvelles entreprises. Une analyse de r egression multiple a r ev el e que les normes institutionnelles appuyant le changement et refl etant des attitudes positives a l' egard des actions des r esidents et des chefs d'entreprises dans les champs d'intervention se trouvent li ees de mani ere positive a l'optimisme communautaire concernant la survie des nouvelles entreprises. Les donn ees probantes obtenues confirment egalement les effets diff erentiels de l'importance des populations sur les normes li ees a l'ouverture au changement et aux actions performatives des distributeurs. Les r esultats obtenus sugg erent que le milieu institutionnel de la communaut e rurale peut avoir une influence sur les efforts visant a attirer et conserver de nouvelles entreprises dans les communaut es rurales.

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Section: Retailer Symbolic and Performative Actionsmentioning

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Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

Frazier

Stoel

Niehm

et al. 2013

Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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“…Some studies have examined the impacts of certain landscape and forest management practices on scenic beauty and visual perceptions (Tahvanainen et al, 2001;Benjamin et al, 2007). These studies are usually designed to assess variation in the visual perceptions of landscape changes, whether those changes are because of human interventions or natural landscape dynamics (Mangun et al, 2009;Sevenant & Antrop, 2010). The results are generally dependent on the cultural and socio-political realities of each particular study area at the particular time of the study (Tuan, 1974;Zube & Pitt, 1981).…”

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Stakeholder Perceptions of Landscape Changes in the Mediterranean Mountains of the North‐Eastern Iberian Peninsula

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To preserve agroforest landscapes, it is essential to understand the complex factors that have shaped them. Biophysical and socio‐economic factors need to be considered, and we must leverage the ever‐increasing human capacity to model landscapes and predict their responses to agricultural intensification and land abandonment. This paper presents the main conclusions of a study on stakeholder perceptions of landscape changes in two protected Mediterranean mountain areas in the Iberian Peninsula: Alta Garrotxa and Gavarres. First, we present the changes in land use and land covers that have occurred over the past half‐century. Then, we used in‐depth interviews to determine the social perceptions and assessments of the landscape changes. We identified two coexisting but opposing viewpoints based on anthropocentric and ecocentric interpretations. The results reveal the complexity and diversity of stakeholder assessments of current management models and illustrated the lack of consensus on land management priorities. Therefore, it is necessary to promote participative methods and incorporate environmental service assessment as key elements in the decision‐making processes. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Development Versus Coastal Protection: The Gold Coast Case Study (Australia)

Dupré¹,

Bosman²

2017

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Values of Place: Measuring Attitudes of Community Leaders Toward Scenes from Rural Landscapes

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

Stakeholder Perceptions of Landscape Changes in the Mediterranean Mountains of the North‐Eastern Iberian Peninsula

Development Versus Coastal Protection: The Gold Coast Case Study (Australia)

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