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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Craig, Geoffrey (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03230
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
10 (1): 122-141
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Miller, Jeremy (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06868
Journal Title:
Pacific Standard
Journal Title Details:
9(3) : 56-63
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Gibson, Timothy A (author), Craig, Richard T (author), Harper, Allison C (author), and Alpert, Jordan M (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06934
Journal Title:
Journalism
Journal Title Details:
17(4) : 417-434
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Cozen, Brian (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07127
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
7(2) : 297-314
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Chen, Mei-Fang (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-01
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07144
Journal Title:
International Journal of Advertising
Journal Title Details:
35(1) : 74-92
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Chen, Mei-Fang (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07150
Journal Title:
International Journal of Advertising
Journal Title Details:
1 : 74-92
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Liao, Youqing (author), Ho, Shirley S. (author), and Yang, Xiaodong (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-02
Published:
Singapore
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07159
Journal Title:
Science Communication
Journal Title Details:
38(1) : 51-73
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07187
Journal Title:
Public Understanding of Science
Journal Title Details:
25(3) : 269-286
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ardoin, Nicole M. (author), Clark, Charlotte R. (author), and Wojcik, Deborah J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07192
Journal Title:
Applied Environmental Education & Communication
Journal Title Details:
15(1) : 75-89
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Carlton, J. Stuart (author) and Jacobson, Susan K. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07205
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
10(1) : 1-24
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Happer, Catherine (author) and Philo, Greg (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-04
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07218
Journal Title:
European Journal of Communication
Journal Title Details:
31(2) : 136-151
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Feldman, Lauren (author) and Hart, P. Sol (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07320
Journal Title:
Science Communication
Journal Title Details:
38(1) : 99-127
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Finke, Tobias (author), Gilchrist, Alan (author), and Mouzas, Stefanos (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-10
Published:
Germany
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07644
Journal Title:
Industrial Marketing Management
Journal Title Details:
58 : 94-101
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
McCright, Aaron M. (author), Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T. (author), Shwom, Rachael L. (author), Brechin, Steven R. (author), and Allen, Summer (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07648
Journal Title:
Energy Research & Social Science
Journal Title Details:
21 : 180-189
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Akerlof, Karen (author), Parker, Cindy (author), and Winch, Peter (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07656
Notes:
Center for Climate Change Communication,George Mason University, and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. 74 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Akerlof, Karen (author), Parker, Cindy (author), and Winch, Peter (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07657
Notes:
Center for Climate Change Communication,George Mason University, and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. 70 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Tripathi, Amarnath (author) and Mishra, Ashok K. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11-24
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07680
Journal Title:
Climate Risk Management
Notes:
In Press, Corrected Proof
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Galdies, C. (author), Said, A. (author), Camilleri, L. (author), and Caruana, M. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-03
Published:
Malta
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07721
Journal Title:
European Journal of Agronomy
Journal Title Details:
74 : 18-28
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Nguyen, Thi Phuoc Lai (author), Seddaiu, Giovanna (author), Virdis, Salvatore Gonario Pasquale (author), Tidore, Camillo (author), Pasqui, Massimiliano (author), and Roggero, Pier Paolo (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-03
Published:
Italy
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07722
Journal Title:
Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:
143 : 205-216
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Nguyen, Thi Phuoc Lai (author), Seddaiu, Giovanna (author), Virdis, Salvatore Gonario Pasquale (author), Tidore, Camillo (author), Pasqui, Massimiliano (author), and Roggero, Pier Paolo (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-03
Published:
Italy: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07797
Journal Title:
Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:
143: 205-216
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Rossel, Raphael A. Viscarra (author) and Bouma, Johan (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-10
Published:
International: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07801
Journal Title:
Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:
148: 71-74
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Palmer, Lisa (author)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2016-01-13
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07919
Notes:
Online from Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Washington, D.C. 4 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Lewis, Sophie C. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-06
Published:
Australia: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D07945
Journal Title:
Weather and Climate Extremes
Journal Title Details:
12: 33-42
Notes:
full text
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Rohling, Katie (author), Wandersee, Cassie (author), Baker, Lauri M. (author), and Tomlinson, Peter (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2016-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08133
Notes:
Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) in San Antonio, Texas, February 7-8, 2016. 23 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Roser-Renouf, Connie (author), Atkinson, Lucy (author), Maibach, Edward (author), and Leiserowitz, Anthony (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08189
Journal Title:
International Journal of Communication
Journal Title Details:
10 : 4759-4783
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Saguye, Tesfaye Samuel (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11
Published:
Ethiopia: International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research (IJEIR), 41, Naveen Swami Vivekanand Colony Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 021 India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08207
Journal Title:
International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research
Journal Title Details:
5 (6): 351-363
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Brown, Peter R. (author), Bridle, Kerry L. (author), and Crimp, Steven J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-07
Published:
Australia: Elsevier B.V.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08212
Journal Title:
Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:
146: 129-141
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Hyland, John J. (author), Jones, Davey L. (author), Parkhill, Karen A. (author), Barnes, Andrew P. (author), Williams, APrysor. (author), and School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-06
Published:
United Kingdom: Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08215
Journal Title:
Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:
33 (2): 323-339
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Abid, Muhammad (author), Schilling, Janpeter (author), Scheffran, Juergen (author), Zulfiqar, Farhad (author), and Univ Hamburg, Inst Geog, Res Grp Climate Change & Secur CLISEC, Grindelberg 7, D-20144 Hamburg, Germany
Sch Integrated Climate Syst Sci, Grindelberg 5, D-20144 Hamburg, Germany
Int Alert, London, England
Asian Inst Technol, Sch Environm Resources & Dev, Bangkok, Thailand
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-03-15
Published:
Pakistan: Elsevier B.V.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08226
Journal Title:
Science of the Total Environment
Journal Title Details:
547: 447-460
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Amelung, Dorothee (author), Fischer, Helen (author), Kruse, Lenelis (author), Sauerborn, Rainer (author), and Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Climate Change and Health Working Group, Institue of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Claremont Graduate University, USA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-08-31
Published:
Switzerland: Frontiers Media
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08300
Journal Title:
Frontiers in Psychology
Journal Title Details:
7:1-4
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Hardy, Bruce W. (author) and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11-10
Published:
UK: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08356
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (2): 205-217
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Opt, Susan (author) and Low, Russanne (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-03-30
Published:
USA: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08357
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (2): 218-230
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Hennessy, Michael (author), Hawkins, Lauren (author), and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-10-26
Published:
USA: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08363
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (1): 63-74
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Herring, Jamie (author), VanDyke, Matthew S. (author), Cummins, R. Glenn (author), and Melton, Forest (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-05-11
Published:
USA: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08380
Journal Title:
Environment Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (1): 90-105
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Takahashi, Bruno (author), Huang, Kanni (author), Fico, Frederick (author), and Poulson, David (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-09-03
Published:
International: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08381
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (1): 106-121
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Carvalho, Anabela (author), van Wessel, Margit (author), and Maeseele, Pieter (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-10-19
Published:
International: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08382
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (1): 122-135
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Goodman, Michael K. (author), Littler, Jo (author), Brockington, Dan (author), and Boykoff, Maxwell (author)
Format:
Editorial
Publication Date:
2016-10-14
Published:
UK: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08383
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
10 (6): 677-688
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Doyle, Julie (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-07-15
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08392
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
10 (6): 777-790
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Pezzullo, Phaedra C. (author)
Format:
Editorial
Publication Date:
2016-09-08
Published:
UK: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08395
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
10 (6): 803-806
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Zhumanova, Munavar (author), Wrage-Mönnig, Nicole (author), and Darr, Dietrich (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11
Published:
Kyrgyzstan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08761
Journal Title:
Mountain Research and Development
Journal Title Details:
36(4) : 506-517
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Graf, Heike (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
United Kingdom: Open Book Publishers, Cambridge
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08814
Notes:
175 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Benton, Ted (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2016
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08863
Notes:
Pages 15-35 in Ormrod, James S. (ed.), Changing our environment, changing ourselves: nature, labour, knowledge and alienation. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London. 315 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Priest, Susanna (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08905
Notes:
177 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Fielding, Kelly S. (author) and Hornsey, Matthew J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-02
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09021
Journal Title:
Frontiers in Psychology
Journal Title Details:
7 : Article 121
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Phu, P. X. (author) and De, N. N. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-12
Published:
Vietnam
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09181
Journal Title:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development
Journal Title Details:
26 (2) : 72-96
Notes:
An Giang University, Long Xuyen City, An Giang, Vietnam
Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Vietnam
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Kreslake, Jennifer M. (author), Price, Katherine M. (author), and Sarfaty, Mona (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-01-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09208
Journal Title:
BMC Public Health
Journal Title Details:
16(946)
Notes:
15 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Laatsch, Jamie (author) and Ma, Zhao (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2016-01-26
Published:
USA: Taylor & Francis
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10130
Journal Title:
Society & Natural Resources
Journal Title Details:
29(10) : 1169-1185
Notes:
17 pages., via online journal, By analyzing interview and survey data from U.S. Forest Service
employees, we examined the strategies used for communicating about
climate change within the agency and their effectiveness from the
perspective of agency employees. We found a limited awareness among
employees regarding climate policy. We found that horizontal information
flow through informal social networks was an important way in which
climate-change information was communicated. We also found a lack of
confidence among employees in their ability to provide feedback to
agency leadership. Our results suggest that (1) agency leadership’s ability
to set priorities and deliver positive vision is important for increasing
employee awareness and inspiring actions, (2) the agency could play a
role in facilitating formal and informal networking among employees, and
(3) using advanced information technologies may contribute to information flow horizontally and vertically, formally and informally.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Urdiales, Maria Perez (author), Lansink, Alfons Oude (author), and Wall, Alan (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
Spain: Springer
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10186
Journal Title:
Environmental Resource Economics
Journal Title Details:
64(4): 559-574
Notes:
pgs. 559–574, Via online journal, The aim of this paper is to assess the eco-efficiency of dairy farms in Spain. To do so, we use data from a survey carried out in 2010 for the specific purpose of analysing the environmental performance of 50 dairy farms in the Spanish region of Asturias. The survey contains information on nutrients balances and greenhouse gas emissions which is used to calculate environmental pressure indicators. Eco-efficiency is measured using data envelopment analysis. We analyse the influence of farmers’ socio-economic characteristics and attitudes in explaining these eco-efficiency scores using truncated regression and bootstrapping procedures. On average, the dairy farms are found to be highly eco-inefficient. Among our results, farmers that are younger, that plan to continue in operation in the foreseeable future and that participate more in training schemes are found to be more eco-efficient. Self-reported positive environmental habits are also reflected in actual eco-efficient performance. We quantify these potential gains in eco-efficiency through a simulation analysis based on the estimated model’s coefficients.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Asplund, Therese (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
SAGE Journals
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10596
Journal Title:
Public Understanding of Science
Journal Title Details:
25(5), 560–575
Notes:
16 pages., via online journal., While previous research into understandings of climate change has usually examined general public perceptions, this study offers an audience-specific departure point. This article analyses how Swedish farmers perceive climate change and how they jointly shape their understandings. The agricultural sector is of special interest because it both contributes to and is directly affected by climate change. Through focus group discussions with Swedish farmers, this study finds that (1) farmers relate to and understand climate change through their own experiences, (2) climate change is understood either as a natural process subject to little or no human influence or as anthropogenic and (3) various communication tools contribute to the formation of natural and anthropogenic climate change frames. The article ends by discussing frame resonance and frame clash in public understanding of climate change and by comparing potential similarities and differences in how various segments of the public make sense of climate change.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Michielsen, Astrid (author), Kalantari, Zahra (author), Lyon, Steve W. (author), and Liljegren, Eva (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11-01
Published:
Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10620
Journal Title:
Journal of Environmental Management
Journal Title Details:
182: 505-518
Notes:
14 pages., via online journal., This research aims to identify and communicate water-related vulnerabilities in transport infrastructure, specifically flood risk of road/rail-stream intersections, based on watershed characteristics. This was done using flooding in Värmland and Västra Götaland, Sweden in August 2014 as case studies on which risk models are built. Three different statistical modelling approaches were considered: a partial least square regression, a binomial logistic regression, and artificial neural networks. Using the results of the different modelling approaches together in an ensemble makes it possible to cross-validate their results. To help visualize this and provide a tool for communication with stakeholders (e.g., the Swedish Transport Administration - Trafikverket), a flood ‘thermometer’ indicating the level of flooding risk at a given point was developed. This tool improved stakeholder interaction and helped highlight the need for better data collection in order to increase the accuracy and generalizability of modelling approaches.