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Publikováno v:
Water Alternatives, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 697-723 (2017)
In 2013, the state-owned electrical energy utility in New Brunswick, Canada, announced that a problem with concrete expansion was shortening by 40 years the expected life of the 660 MW Mactaquac Generating Station on the Saint John River. Its const
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https://doaj.org/article/ee19e82da9194162ad953bc4eed19613
Autor:
Joshua Noseworthy, Thomas M. Beckley
Publikováno v:
Environmental Reviews. 28:284-293
The New England – Acadian Forest (NEAF) is an ecoregion spanning 24 million hectares of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The region is characterized as a transitional forest naturally composed of both boreal and temperate species.
Publikováno v:
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 25:74-84
Understanding how urban nature is important to the public can broaden management objectives and give citizens a say in how nature is managed in the places where they live. However, studies on the topic do not usually integrate multiple research metho
Autor:
John R. Parkins, Richard C. Stedman, Thomas M. Beckley, Curtis Rollins, Louise Comeau, Anna Kessler
Publikováno v:
Society & Natural Resources. 30:934-948
Research examining the relationship between trust, public engagement, and natural resource management asserts that trust fosters positive behavior and enhanced cooperation. Yet some scholars are finding that certain kinds of distrust are helpful in a
Publikováno v:
Geoforum. 75:234-248
Hydroelectricity is an old yet reliable form of renewable energy, with acknowledged social and ecological impacts. A tension currently exists between such concerns and energy needs, with dam construction and removal ongoing around the world. It is cr
Autor:
Thomas M. Beckley, Isabelle Morin, Kristina Keilty, Kate Sherren, Richard C. Stedman, John R. Parkins
Publikováno v:
Energy Research & Social Science. 14:102-110
Landscape impacts are commonly cited as barriers to new energy infrastructure, but rarely are perceptions of such impacts monitored over time. Built in the mid-1960s, the Mactaquac hydroelectric generating station in New Brunswick, Canada, is degradi
Publikováno v:
Environmental Sociology. 1:304-314
Drawing inspiration from the literature on social imaginaries and cultural models, this study explores contending perspectives on energy and sustainability, moving beyond a simplistic understanding of support or opposition to specific energy developm
Autor:
Michael R. Quartuch, Thomas M. Beckley
Publikováno v:
Small-scale Forestry. 12:437-460
The province of New Brunswick (NB), Canada and the state of Maine (ME), USA are heavily forested jurisdictions whose forests provide many social, ecological, and economic functions. Roughly a third of NB and ME’s forested land is owned by private,
Autor:
Thomas M. Beckley, Jess Gilbert
Publikováno v:
Rural Sociology. 58:569-579
This paper addresses the ownership and control of farmland, presents a conceptual model of landed property, and uses it to examine landlord-tenant relations in Wisconsin. A profile of farmland owners is constructed using survey data from two agricult
Publikováno v:
Rural Sociology. 74:309-329
Distinctions between rural and urban populations are well documented in environmental sociology literature. Rural and urban places may exert different influences on participation in environmentally supportive behavior (ESB) as well as on other forms