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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ad3cf6
	Worldviews more than experience predict Californians' support for wildfire risk mitigation policies
	Howe, Alexander A.; Blomdahl, Erika M.; Smith-Eskridge, Ellie; Pinto, Dakoeta R.; Brunson, Mark W.; Howe, Peter D.; Huntly, Nancy J.; Klain, Sarah C.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1748-9326
起始页码	19
结束页码	5
卷号	19 期号:5
英文摘要	California must adapt to increasing wildfire activity concurrent with climate change and expanding housing development in fire-prone areas. Recent decades have seen record-breaking fire activity, economic costs, and human health impacts. Residents more frequently face home evacuations, prolonged periods of unhealthy air quality, and power shut-offs. Understanding how these experiences influence support for risk mitigation policies is essential to inform action on climate and fire adaptation. To better understand linkages between experience and policy support, we surveyed California residents (n = 645) about their wildfire-related experiences, risk perceptions, and support for 18 wildfire risk mitigation policies. To assess how the relationship between policy support and wildfire experience is modulated by preexisting worldviews, we measured the extent to which respondents are motivated by individualistic or communitarian values as proposed in the cultural theory of risk. We surveyed residents across a gradient of wildfire impacts, spatially stratifying residences based on wildland-urban-interface type and proximity to large 2020 wildfires. Support was generally high for most policies, though most respondents opposed incorporating future risk into insurance rates and coverage. Policy support models showed that communitarian worldviews were more consistently associated with greater support for diverse wildfire mitigation policies than were measures of recent experience with wildfire. These results suggest that California residents within our sample regions already support many wildfire risk mitigation strategies, and preexisting societal beliefs are a stronger predictor of these views than personal experiences with wildfire. Policy-makers can utilize this understanding to focus on crafting policies and messaging that resonates with individualistic values.
英文关键词	cultural cognition; wildfire experience; wildfire trends; risk management; survey
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001205185800001
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/289447
作者单位	Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University; Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University; Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University; Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Howe, Alexander A.,Blomdahl, Erika M.,Smith-Eskridge, Ellie,et al. Worldviews more than experience predict Californians' support for wildfire risk mitigation policies[J],2024,19(5).
APA	Howe, Alexander A..,Blomdahl, Erika M..,Smith-Eskridge, Ellie.,Pinto, Dakoeta R..,Brunson, Mark W..,...&Klain, Sarah C..(2024).Worldviews more than experience predict Californians' support for wildfire risk mitigation policies.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,19(5).
MLA	Howe, Alexander A.,et al."Worldviews more than experience predict Californians' support for wildfire risk mitigation policies".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 19.5(2024).