Environmental Views from the Coast: Public Concern about Local to Global Marine Issues

• Published in: Society & natural resources Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 57 - 74
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Lawrence C., Safford, Thomas G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 02.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Assimilation; CERA; coastal; Coastal areas; Coastal plains; Education; Elite; Elites; Employment; Environment; Environmental aspects; Environmental Attitudes; environmental concern; Environmental conditions; Environmental Degradation; Environmental effects; Global Local Relationship; Ideology; interaction; marine; Marine resources; Partisanship; place effects; Political Parties; sea level; Sex; survey methods; Surveys; U.S.A; United States > US

Surveys conducted in 2009-2012 asked residents of eight U.S. coastal regions about ocean-related environmental problems. Analysis of these multiregion data tests how individual characteristics predict views on locally focused marine issues, and whether after controlling for individual characteristic...