The Influence of a Climate Change Narrative on the Stated Preferences for Long-term Groundwater Management. Academic Article

abstract

• The literature identifies cultural values and beliefs as key drivers of climate change risk perception, but evidence is lacking about how media narratives and cultural values influence preferences for adapting to environmental consequences of climate change, including groundwater shortage. We elicited groundwater preferences using a choice experiment survey involving outcomes of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer. We randomly assigned respondents to an individualistic cultural narrative about climate change to test for framing effects predicted by culturally congruent and incongruent messaging. Results suggest that culturally incongruent messaging (i.e., to non-individualists) emboldens opposition and makes promoted groundwater policies less tractable. This is instructive to policy makers that identifying different stakeholders and avoiding incongruent messages about climate change could improve the effectiveness of collaborative water governance.

authors

• Nayga, Rodolfo

published proceedings

• Environ Manage

author list (cited authors)

• West, G. H., Kovacs, K. F., & Nayga, R. M.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• West, Grant H||Kovacs, Kent F||Nayga, Rodolfo M

publication date

• January 2022

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors  Journal

keywords

• Choice Experiment
• Climate Change
• Cultural Theory
• Environmental Monitoring
• Groundwater
• Lower Mississippi Rvier Basin
• Mississippi
• Rivers

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s00267-021-01557-9

start page

• 61

end page

• 74

volume

• 69

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01557-9

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action