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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2019.100202
	Learning from climate change perceptions in southern African cities
	Steynor A.; Leighton M.; Kavonic J.; Abrahams W.; Magole L.; Kaunda S.; Mubaya C.P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	2127
结束页码	2147
卷号	27
英文摘要	Scholarly understanding of an individual's climate change risk perception in the African context, is limited, including amongst those who have an influence on policy making. This discussion paper goes some way towards filling this gap in understanding by providing preliminary findings on concern and the psychological distance of climate change amongst policy influencers in three southern African cities (Blantyre, Harare and Gaborone). We posit that climate change is psychologically close amongst those consulted in each city and this is correlated with increased levels of concern. As psychological distance of climate change has been shown to be an indicator of willingness to act on climate change, we posit that willingness to act on climate change may be enhanced in these southern African cities and, indeed, in many African cities facing similar risks from climate change. This information should be used to nuance the way in which we engage in tackling the climate change challenge in urban Africa, recognising the potential receptiveness to act on climate change and the contextual need for concrete, solutions-based climate information. © 2019 The Authors
英文关键词	Africa; Climate change; Concern; Perceptions; Psychological distance
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183203
作者单位	Climate System Analysis Group, Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa; Department of Meteorology, Walker Institute, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom; ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, PO Box 5319, Tygervalley, Cape Town, 7536, South Africa; Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, University of Botswana, P. Bag 0061, Gaborone, Botswana; Faculty of Engineering, University of Malawi-The Polytechnic, P. Bag 303, Blantyre 3, Malawi; International Collaborations Office, Chinhoyi University of Technology, P. Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Steynor A.,Leighton M.,Kavonic J.,et al. Learning from climate change perceptions in southern African cities[J],2020,27.
APA	Steynor A..,Leighton M..,Kavonic J..,Abrahams W..,Magole L..,...&Mubaya C.P..(2020).Learning from climate change perceptions in southern African cities.Climate Risk Management,27.
MLA	Steynor A.,et al."Learning from climate change perceptions in southern African cities".Climate Risk Management 27(2020).