Environmental Awareness and Public Support for Protecting and Restoring Puget Sound

• Published in: Environmental management (New York) Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 757 - 768
• Main Authors: Safford, Thomas G, Norman, Karma C, Henly, Megan, Mills, Katherine E, Levin, Phillip S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.04.2014; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age Factors; Animals; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; attitudes and opinions; business enterprises; Climate change; Coastal; Coastal zone management; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Conservation of Natural Resources - statistics & numerical data; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Economic indicators; Ecosystem; Endangered & extinct species; Environment; Environmental assessment; Environmental awareness; Environmental conditions; Environmental economics; Environmental impact; Environmental Management; Environmental Policy; environmental programs; Environmental restoration; Female; Fisheries; Forestry Management; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Humans; Logistic Models; Management; Nature Conservation; Oceans and Seas; Perception; Policies; Political parties; Politics; pollution; Pollution abatement; Population Dynamics; psychosocial factors; Public Opinion; Renovating; Restoration; Salmon; Salmon - growth & development; Salmonidae; Science; Sex Factors; Social sciences; Sociology; Sound; surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Taxation; Washington; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water quality; women; Washington; Puget Sound; INE, USA, Washington, Puget Sound; Environmental awareness; Coastal management; Environmental policy; Social indicators

In an effort to garner consensus around environmental programs, practitioners have attempted to increase awareness about environmental threats and demonstrate the need for action. Nonetheless, how beliefs about the scope and severity of different types of environmental concerns shape support for man...