Public support for river restoration. A mixed-method study into local residents' support for and framing of river management and ecological restoration in the Dutch floodplains

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2680-2689

  Buijs, Arjen E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Attitudes; Frames; General public; Landscape perception; Lay people; Nature restoration; Place attachment; Public support; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FLOODS; FOCUSING; RESTORATION; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE; ESTHETIC; FRAME; GENERAL PUBLICS; LANDSCAPE PERCEPTIONS; LAY PEOPLES; NATURE RESTORATION; PLACE ATTACHMENT; PUBLIC SUPPORT; WATERS MANAGEMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349104146     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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