You vs. us: framing adaptation behavior in terms of private or social benefits.

Climate change Communication Field experiment Prosocial behavior Risk Wildfire

Journal

Climatic change
ISSN: 0165-0009
Titre abrégé: Clim Change
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101087507

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 20 10 2021
accepted: 21 06 2022
entrez: 26 9 2022
pubmed: 27 9 2022
medline: 27 9 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Private actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change may have benefits to both the individual and society. In some cases, an individual may be motivated by appeals that highlight benefits to others, rather than to oneself. We test whether such prosocial framing influences information-seeking behavior to address wildfire risk among homeowners. In a field experiment across ten communities in western Colorado, property owners ( The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10584-022-03400-4.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36157475
doi: 10.1007/s10584-022-03400-4
pii: 3400
pmc: PMC9483271
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

11

Informations de copyright

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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Hilary Byerly Flint (H)

Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82072 USA.

Paul Cada (P)

Vail Fire and Emergency Services, Vail, CO 81657 USA.

Patricia A Champ (PA)

Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA.

Jamie Gomez (J)

West Region Wildfire Council, Montrose, CO 81401 USA.

Danny Margoles (D)

Dolores Watershed Resilience Forest Collaborative, Cortez, CO 81321 USA.

James R Meldrum (JR)

U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA.

Hannah Brenkert-Smith (H)

Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.

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