Rural-Urban Differences in Environmental Concern: A Closer Look.

Autor/inn/en	Freudenburg, William R.; McGinn, Barbara
Titel	Rural-Urban Differences in Environmental Concern: A Closer Look.
Quelle	(1987), (53 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Occupations; Community Attitudes; Community Surveys; Conservation (Environment); Economic Development; Energy Occupations; Environmental Standards; Farmers; Land Use; Local Issues; Rural Areas; Rural Urban Differences; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Energietechniker; Umweltauflage; Farmer; Agriculturist; Landwirt; Landwirtin; Bodennutzung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	This paper presents survey results from rural areas having significant levels of employment both in agriculture and in extraction industries (coal mining). Although a review of the literature suggests that rural residents may express lower levels of environmental concern than urban residents, one study proposed that rural residents in farm-related industries might have different attitudes than those in extractive industries. The survey includes items dealing with specific local concerns over environmental protection and technological development. The data come from a study of four communities in western Colorado that were facing the prospect of large scale development of coal and other fossil fuel energy resources. Aside from the issues of planning and zoning, farmers and ranchers in this sample were more concerned about environmental protection than persons in any other occupational category. The least environmental concerns were expressed by persons in coal mining and rapidly growing business and professional occupations. Qualitative interviews with area residents suggest that persons in agriculture valued environmental preservation in general, but were opposed to constraints of land use that might prevent them from obtaining high prices from the sale of their land. This study concludes that people in agriculture express higher levels of concern for environmental issues than do other rural persons living in the same community. The paper contains 71 references. (DP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC