Global and Local Concerns: What Attitudes and Beliefs Motivate Farmers to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Haden, Van R ^a   Niles, Meredith T ^a   Lubell, Mark ^a   Perlman, Joshua ^a   Jackson, Louise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOCIAL BELIEF; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CULTURE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84871596576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052882     Document Type: Article

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