Lo Alex Y
The University of Hong Kong, China
Public Underst Sci. 2016 Oct;25(7):873-90. doi: 10.1177/0963662515581302. Epub 2015 Apr 23.
National income produces mixed impacts on public environmental concern. In a cross-national survey, environmental concern was measured in terms of propensity to act and environmental risk perception. Results of a multilevel regression analysis show that these two measures respond to gross domestic product per capita in opposite ways. Citizens of advanced industrial countries are more likely than those of lower-income countries to contribute to environmental protection. However, they are less likely to see the harmful impacts on the environment as very dangerous. Using an indicator of national adaptive capacity, this article demonstrates that environmental risk perception is a function of a country's estimated capacity for coping with condition changes. The stronger sense of collective security among citizens of wealthier nations offers a possible explanation for the negative effects of national income. These results indicate the complex relationship between development and public environmental concern across countries.
国民收入对公众环境关注度产生混合影响。在一项跨国调查中，环境关注度是根据行动倾向和环境风险认知来衡量的。多层次回归分析结果表明，这两种衡量方式对人均国内生产总值的反应相反。与低收入国家的公民相比，发达工业国家的公民更有可能为环境保护做出贡献。然而，他们不太可能将对环境的有害影响视为非常危险。本文使用国家适应能力指标表明，环境风险认知是一个国家应对状况变化估计能力的函数。较富裕国家公民更强的集体安全感为国民收入的负面影响提供了一种可能的解释。这些结果表明了各国发展与公众环境关注度之间的复杂关系。
