Abstract
A 2007 survey covering rural areas in nine US states provides data on perceived local impacts of climate change. Perceptions vary from region to region, with a pattern suggesting links to real climate specifically to winter warming in snow country. A multivariate analysis using mixed-effects ordered logit regression confirms a significant perception-temperature relationship, net of individual background and ideological characteristics, and of regional variations. These findings invite more detailed research.
Department
Sociology
Publication Date
12-2009
Journal Title
International Journal of Climatology
Publisher
Wiley
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Hamilton, L. C. and Keim, B. D. (2009), Regional variation in perceptions about climate change. Int. J. Climatol., 29: 2348–2352. doi: 10.1002/joc.1930
Rights
© 2009 Royal Meteorological Society.
Comments
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Hamilton, L. C. and Keim, B. D. (2009), Regional variation in perceptions about climate change. Int. J. Climatol., 29: 2348–2352, which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1930. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.