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| Title: | Neighborhood Social Change and Perceptions of Environmental Degradation |
| Authors: | Barber, Jennifer S.
Biddlecom, Ann E.
Axinn, William G. |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2003 |
| Publisher: | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media |
| Citation: | Barber, Jennifer S.; Biddlecom, Ann E.; Axinn, William G.; (2003). "Neighborhood Social Change and Perceptions of Environmental Degradation." Population and Environment 25 (2): 77-108. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43500> |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates how changes in neighborhood facilities—new schools, health posts, bus services, mills, dairies, agricultural cooperatives, and other facilities—influence perceptions of environmental degradation. We use three types of data from a rural area in Nepal: (1) data on changing neighborhood facilities from 171 neighborhoods, collected using ethnographic, survey, and archival methods; (2) survey data on household characteristics and environmental perceptions from 1,651 households; and (3) individual-level survey data. We find that new neighborhood facilities are associated with perceptions of environmental degradation. This is important because perceptions may indicate objective environmental degradation, encourage participation in programs to improve the environmental, and influence environmental behavior. |
| ISSN: | 0199-0039
1573-7810 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/B:POEN.0000015559.53819.ab |
| Appears in Collections: | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Survey Research Center (ISR)
Sociology, Department of
Population Studies Center
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