Are flood victims more concerned about climate change than other people? The role of direct experience in risk perception and behavioural response

By Lorraine Whitmarsh. 2008

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Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

How will climate change shape climate opinion? (2019, background): “(China) Whitmarsh, 2008 [54] Flood victims did not exhibit a significant difference fromnon-victims in their understanding of and responses to climate change.”
Perceptions and responses to climate policy risks among California farmers (2013, background): “A first hand encounter can help clarify risks often leading to heightened assessments of risk (Whitmarsh, 2008).”
Human Responses to Climate Change: Social Representation, Identity and Socio-psychological Action (2014, background): “relevant, such as a personal experience of flooding, for instance (Whitmarsh, 2008).”
The Risk Perception Paradox—Implications for Governance and Communication of Natural Hazards (2013, result): “Whitmarsh(47) Flooding United Kingdom Floods in south”
A Guide to Understanding Social Science Research for Natural Scientists (2014, background): “…approach would examine perceptions of climate change risk on the basis of people’s direct experience with climatic events (e.g., flooding) (Whitmarsh 2008), a subjectivist approach would be less closely aligned with the climate system and more likely to explore emotion, values,…”
The effects of extreme drought on climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and adaptation attitudes (2016, background): “However, other research has failed to demonstrate this relationship (e.g., Whitmarsh 2008), and there is evidence that people’s climate change beliefs influence their interpretation of extreme events rather than the other way around (Goebbert et al. 2012; Myers et al. 2013).”
Determinants and Measurement of Climate Change Risk Perception, Worry, and Concern (2017, background): “…a significant association (Akerlof et al., 2013; Capstick & Pidgeon, 2014; Howe et al., 2014; Krosnick et al., 2006; Myers et al., 2012; Reser et al., 2014; Spence et al., 2012; Taylor et al., 2014; van der Linden, 2015A)—with only a few exceptions (Brulle et al., 2012; Whitmarsh, 2008A).”
Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Role of Public Perception in Infrastructure and the Social Factors for Sustainable Development (2018, background): “However, Whitmarsh [5] has found the opposite empirical result, that is, flood victims and non-victims have the same level of understanding of climate change.”
Do concerns about climate change lead to distress (2010, background): “A significant amount of research has, however, been conducted relating to public perceptions and responses to climate change (Leiserowitz, 2005; Lorenzoni et al. 2007; O’Connor et al., 2002; Pidgeon et al., 2006; Whitmarsh, 2007).”
Climate change, natural hazards, and risk perception: the role of proximity and personal experience (2015, background): “Whitmarsh (2008), for example, finds evidence that, although direct experience of flooding leads people to perceive flooding as a genuine personal risk, their attitude towards climate change differs little from that of non-victims.”