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- Kehoe, Laura, et al.
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Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
- 2019
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Ingår i: Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 0036-8075 .- 1095-9203. ; 364:6438, s. 341-
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- Johansson, Maria, et al.
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Factors governing human fear of wolves : moderating effects of geographical location and standpoint on protected nature
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Wildlife Research. - New York : Springer. - 1612-4642 .- 1439-0574. ; 62:6, s. 749-760
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study analyses psychological antecedents of feelings of fear of wolves in a proportional sample of the Swedish population (national sample, n = 545) and in a sample of people in counties with wolf presence (regional sample, n = 1,892). Structural equation modelling of survey data suggests a dual pathway to self-reported fear. One path encompasses the appraisal of the environmental context operationalised as a potential wolf encounter. The second path concerns the appraisal of the social context assessed as social trust in managing authorities. The relative importance of the paths differs between the national and the regional sample, and between people in the administrative centre of the region and the regional periphery. We show that the public's fear of wolves should be addressed both at an individual level, focusing on situations with potential encounters, and at a collective level, by strengthening the trust between the public and authorities, and regional variation should be considered.
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- Konrad, Maria Theresia, et al.
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Drivers of Farmers' Investments in Nutrient Abatement Technologies in Five Baltic Sea Countries
- 2019
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Ingår i: Ecological Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0921-8009 .- 1873-6106. ; 159, s. 91-100
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Adoption of new manure and fertiliser technology is considered an effective tool to reduce diffuse nutrient pollution from agriculture, and policy instruments to encourage technology uptake are therefore widespread. But policy makers need to understand farmers' reasons for adoption of such technologies to design policies that actually work. Using data from a survey with responses from 2439 farmers in five countries around the Baltic Sea, we identify the drivers of technology adoption for three different abatement technologies: manure spreading equipment, slurry tanks, and precision technology for fertiliser application. We compare drivers for technology investments across technologies with a particular focus on the role of the scale of farm operations, neighbour relations, environmental concerns and innovation readiness. The results show that the scale of farm operation is important for the uptake of all three technologies, while we find no evidence that neighbour relations are important for technology investments. Environmental concerns for soil quality and other on-farm environmental qualities do drive investment; however, the impact of environmental concerns differs across technologies. Innovation readiness is a driver of investments in relation to some technologies, suggesting that the novelty or sophistication of the technology matters to the investing farmers.
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- Hasler, Berit, et al.
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Farmers’ preferences for nutrient and climate-related agri-environmental schemes : A cross-country comparison
- 2019
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 48:11, s. 1290-1303
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We use data from a survey of 2439 farmers in 5 countries around the Baltic Sea (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland and Sweden) to investigate their preferences for adopting agricultural practices aimed at reducing nutrient leaching and greenhouse gas emissions. The measures considered are set-aside, catch crops and reduced fertilization. Contracts vary with respect to the area enrolled, contract length, possibility of premature termination, availability of professional advice and compensation. We quantitatively describe farmers’ preferences in terms of their willingness-to-accept compensation for specific attributes of these contracts, if implemented. The results vary substantially between farm types (farmers’ characteristics) and between the 5 countries, and support differentiation of contract obligations and payments to improve the uptake of AgriEnvironmental Schemes. The results can be readily used to improve the design of country-specific nutrient reduction policies, in accordance with the next Common Agricultural Policy.
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- Johansson, Maria, et al.
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Assessing cultural ecosystem services as individuals’ place-based appraisals
- 2019
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Ingår i: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. - München : Elsevier. - 1618-8667 .- 1610-8167. ; 39, s. 79-88
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Though the existence of cultural ecosystem services is dependent on people’s activities and experiences, these services are still commonly assessed using top–down approaches. In this study, appraisal theory and research into human responses to natural environments formed the basis of a systematic multilevel investigation of appraisals of created wetland areas. The aim was to explore how appraisals could be used as a bottom–up approach to assessing the perceived contribution of wetland areas s to people’s quality of life (QoL). In total, 111 participants assessed environmental perceptions, affective experiences, and restorative potentials on site at three wetlands in Sweden. The results indicate that wetland areas and specific places with different ecological functions within these areas were appraised significantly differently. Moreover these places were perceived to support various QoL aspects to different degrees. Concepts and methods tested here give environmental planners hands-on tools for facilitating communication with expected users about the cultural ecosystem services of created wetland areas. © 2019
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- Pedersen, Eja, et al.
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Dynamic pedestrian lighting: Effects on walking speed, legibility and environmental perception
- 2016
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Ingår i: Lighting Research and Technology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1477-1535 .- 1477-0938. ; , s. 522-536
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- LED technology provides new opportunities to change the illuminance on pedestrian pathways in response to the presence of people. This study explores possible effects of dimming as such on walking, legibility and perception. In an indoor full-scale laboratory, 61 participants walked along a 19-m pathway with a motion-detection sensor 10 m before an LED luminaire. The participants walked significantly slower under dimmed than static lighting conditions, even after the illuminance had increased. Legibility decreased with the extent of dimming. The larger the difference in illuminance between dimmed and full light, the stronger the self-reported reaction. The results indicate that changes in illuminance affect walking, and that legibility and perception are affected by the overall lighting design of pedestrian pathways rather than by dimming as such.
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- Pedersen, Eja, et al.
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Effects of dynamic street lighting on walking speed and reading perfomance : a full-scale laboratory study
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Dynamic lighting systems are introduced in urban outdoor environments with the objective to reduce energy use. Effects on pedestrians are not fully known. Previous studies have mainly used observer assessment (Viliunas et al., 2014), and focused on perceived personal safety (Haans & de Kort, 2012) or acceptance (Boomsma & Steg, 2013). In this study, performance (walking speed and reading) was assessed in a full-scale laboratory arranged as an outdoor environment with a 19m pathway and a luminaire (LED). A movement detector was placed 10m before the luminaire. Participants (N = 61) walked the pathway at slower speed if the lighting was dimed, although light levels increased to 100% when they passed the sensor, than if the light level was held constant at 100% (F(4, 212) = 6.67, p<0.001, ω2 = 0.01). Consistently, the visibility was rated lower in the dimed than in the constant condition (F(4, 240) = 2.53, p<0.05, ω2 = 0.01). Reading performance decreased with increased dimming (F(2, 120) = 33.89, p<0.001, ω2 = 0.08), but was not influenced by previous diming in the 100% condition. The results imply that the effect on pedestrians’ performance should be weighed against energy usage in the introduction of dynamic outdoor lighting.
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