Assessing attitudes and cognitive styles of stakeholders in environmental projects involving computer modelling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 247, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-111

  Boschetti, Fabio ^a,b   Richert, Claire ^c   Walker, Iain ^a   Price, Jennifer ^a   Dutra, Leo ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cognitive styles; Communication of model results; Decision making; Stakeholder engagement; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; COGNITIVE STYLES; MODEL RESULTS; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; WORLDVIEWS;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING;

SURVEYS;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84866161805     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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