Journal article
Measuring and modelling values, beliefs and attitudes about urban forests in Canada and Australia
C Ordóñez Barona, D Kendal, SJ Livesley, TM Conway
Cities | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2024
Abstract
Nature-based solutions are informed by how communities think about nature. However, research on how urban communities think about urban nature is seldom carried out across urban contexts. In doing so it can be useful to select specific aspects of urban nature, such as urban forests and urban trees. Our study responds to these needs by measuring the cognitive constructs of values, beliefs, and attitudes towards urban forests and modelling their relationships using a representative survey of >3400 residents living across two different urban contexts: Toronto, Canada, and Melbourne, Australia. Means difference, generalized linear regression, and structural equation analyses, were used to test h..
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Awarded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding was provided by the University of Toronto - University of Melbourne joint research grant, 2020-2021; the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Partnership grant (#LP160100780); the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program through the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub (CAUL); the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada (Partnership Engage and Development Grants No. 512059 and 511621); the Centre of Urban Environments of the University of Toronto, Canada; and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada (CREATE Grant No 543300). The funders played no role in study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, or the writing of this manuscript.