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Public Response To Air Pollution In Sheffield, England
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The authors discusses the attitudes of Sheffield residents to atmospheric pollution and the Clean Air Act, 1956, and finds that the majority are aware of air pollution but it is an issue which is low in their problem hierarchy.Abstract:
This paper discusses the attitudes of Sheffield residents to atmospheric pollution and the Clean Air Act, 1956. The majority are aware of air pollution but it is an issue which is low in their problem hierarchy. The magnitude of concentrations of gaseous pollutants is overlooked, and declining levels of participate pollution, the existence of legislation, and press reports have reduced public concern for atmospheric pollution.read more
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Public understandings of air pollution: the localisation of environmental risk
Karen Bickerstaff,Gordon Walker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a more analytical interpretation than has hitherto been approached, and stress the localisation of people's understandings within the immediate physical, social and cultural landscape and also through a trust in personal experiences over any kind of information-based evidence.
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Air pollution and human behavior.
Gary W. Evans,Stephen V. Jacobs +1 more
TL;DR: This article reviewed the existing literature on air pollution and behavior and presented an organizational structure that demonstrates gaps in the literature and lays an initial, conceptual framework for future research, and discussed the important roles of mediational constructs such as controllability of pollutant and adaptation.
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The place(s) of matter: matter out of place - public understandings of air pollution
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TL;DR: In this paper, the key findings and insights offered by recent work on public understandings of air pollution, which has begun to adopt some of the concepts and methodologies associated with social constructionism, are discussed.
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Psychological responses to air pollution: Some personality and demographic correlates
Moshe Zeidner,Mordechai Shechter +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined people's affective reactions towards air pollution and some personality and demographic correlates of these reactions, including degree of anger and anxiety aroused by air pollution; perceived degree of pollution severity; propensity to pay towards pollution abatement; and methods of coping with air pollution.
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Public Response To Air Pollution in South Yorkshire, England
TL;DR: The Clean Air Act of 1956 as mentioned in this paper was a permissive act that enabled local authorities to establish smoke control areas in which the burning of bituminous coal in domestic fires is prohibited.
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Toward a "definitional model" of public perceptions of air pollution.
TL;DR: The definition of air pollution involves a whole host of factors, but it appears that level of education, socioeconomic status, and residence have the most influence in terms of the various meanings attached to air pollution.