Climate change, risk perception, and protection motivation among high-altitude residents of the Mt. Everest region in Nepal
| Autor: | Omkar Joshi, Donald G. Hodges, Pramod Bhattarai, Hem S. Bhandari, Neelam C. Poudyal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
media_common.quotation_subject Climate Change Geography Planning and Development Vulnerability Climate change 010501 environmental sciences Disease cluster 01 natural sciences Nepal Perception Environmental Chemistry Socioeconomics Ecosystem 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Motivation Ecology Altitude General Medicine Effects of high altitude on humans Risk perception Geography Protection motivation theory sense organs Psychosocial Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Ambio |
| Popis: | Mountain ecosystems are considered vulnerable to early impacts of climate change. Whether and how local residents of these areas perceive these changes, however, remain under-studied questions. By conducting a household survey in the Khumbu region of Nepal, this study assessed local residents’ experience-based perception of changes in climate trends and patterns, perceived risk, and attitudes towards climate issues. Multivariate cluster analysis based on residents’ climate change beliefs revealed three segments: “Cautious,” “Disengaged,” and “Alarmed.” A comparison of these segments along key psychosocial constructs of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) revealed significant inter-segment differences in residents’ perception of severity, vulnerability, response efficacy, self-efficacy, and response cost associated with engaging in mitigating behavior. Results shed light on how residents of high elevation areas that are considered to be exposed to early impacts of climate change perceive the risk and intend to respond. These findings could also assist stakeholders working in other similar mountain ecosystems in understanding vulnerability and in working towards climate readiness. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s13280-020-01369-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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