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DOI	10.3390/su13052677
	Public Perceptions of Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes
	Brugger, Adrian; Tobias, Robert; Monge-Rodriguez, Fredy S.
通讯作者	Brugger, A (corresponding author), Univ Bern, Dept Consumer Behav, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2021
卷号	13 期号:5
英文摘要	How people subjectively perceive climate change strongly influences how they respond to its challenges. To date, relatively little is known about such perceptions in the Global South. This research examines public perceptions of climate change in the Peruvian Andes, a semi-arid high-mountain region that is highly exposed and vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change. Based on questionnaire data collected through face-to-face interviews (N = 1316), we found that respondents identify various climate-related issues as the most important challenges for their country. Many of these issues are related to water. Respondents also noticed more subtle changes and expected them to continue (e.g., extreme temperatures, food shortages). Climate impacts were clearly seen as negative, which was also reflected in the presence of emotions. When compared to previous research, more respondents had personally experienced extreme weather events (80%) and they were more certain that the climate is already changing, is caused by human activity, and is affecting distant and close places similarly. A comparison of the perceptions along different socioeconomic characteristics suggests that more vulnerable groups (e.g., rural, low income and education levels) tended to perceive climate change as more consequential, closer, and as a more natural (vs. anthropogenic) phenomenon than those from less vulnerable groups. The salience of water-related problems and personal experiences of climate-related events, as well as differences between various subgroups, could be used to improve measures to adapt to the consequences of climate change by correcting misconceptions of the population and of decisionmakers.
英文关键词	climate change perceptions personal experiences psychological distance
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published, Green Accepted
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000628584600001
WOS关键词	CHANGE ADAPTATION ; CHANGE RISK ; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE ; IMAGE ASSOCIATIONS ; TROPICAL ANDES ; POLICY SUPPORT ; UNITED-STATES ; EXPERIENCE ; DETERMINANTS ; MITIGATION
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368984
作者单位	[Brugger, Adrian] Univ Bern, Dept Consumer Behav, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; [Tobias, Robert] Univ Zurich, Dept Psychol, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland; [Monge-Rodriguez, Fredy S.] Univ Nacl San Antonio Abad Cusco, Dept Psychol, Cuzco 08000, Peru
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brugger, Adrian,Tobias, Robert,Monge-Rodriguez, Fredy S.. Public Perceptions of Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes[J],2021,13(5).
APA	Brugger, Adrian,Tobias, Robert,&Monge-Rodriguez, Fredy S..(2021).Public Perceptions of Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes.SUSTAINABILITY,13(5).
MLA	Brugger, Adrian,et al."Public Perceptions of Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes".SUSTAINABILITY 13.5(2021).