Place memories(traditions),transmitted through art and the stories of a community,are key elements for the construction of individual and collective identity,connected to specific places.In this regard the authors exa...Place memories(traditions),transmitted through art and the stories of a community,are key elements for the construction of individual and collective identity,connected to specific places.In this regard the authors examined how the representation of traditions affects place identity and in what ways the cultural heritage of the town might influence environmental forms of behaviour such as plans and projects.To this end the authors investigated the small town of Pagani in southern Italy,which has many ancient cultural traditions linked to specific locations and their rituals such as the festival of Our Lady of the Hens.Our contribution favours a qualitative approach in examining the data gathered and a participative methodology.The statistical analysis of the vocabulary distribution within 83 texts concerning town and its traditions,written by local citizens(52%male and 48%female)of different ages(range:18-78)revealed a strong place identity.Narrative interviews(14)with key people were then analysed by means of grounded theory.In the perspective of conservation psychology the authors finally focussed on how feelings of impotence and social distrust influence relations between citizens and their local environment.展开更多
This study aimed at gaining an understanding of the formation of residents' Environmental Conservation Behaviour(ECB) to promote sustainable tourism development in Chinese mountain areas. In particular, a theoreti...This study aimed at gaining an understanding of the formation of residents' Environmental Conservation Behaviour(ECB) to promote sustainable tourism development in Chinese mountain areas. In particular, a theoretical framework was constructed by merging residents' mountain attachment and their environmental values,and awareness of environmental consequences based on the Cognition Behaviour Theory. This research sampled 642 residents with convenience sampling method in Jiuzhaigou and Mount Qingcheng, and structural equation modelling analysis was conducted to identify the relationships among the above variables. Results verified that mountain attachment affected people's awareness of environmental consequences, which then affected their ECB.Environmental values and mountain attachment directly and positively influenced ECB. Moreover,awareness of environmental consequences played the most prominent role in predicting ECB among all the predictors in this study. In all, this study derived several significant implications which can not only contribute to environmental management policies in tourism field but also help to improve the levels of the antecedents of residents' ECB and promote sustainable tourism development in Chinese mountain areas.展开更多
文摘Place memories(traditions),transmitted through art and the stories of a community,are key elements for the construction of individual and collective identity,connected to specific places.In this regard the authors examined how the representation of traditions affects place identity and in what ways the cultural heritage of the town might influence environmental forms of behaviour such as plans and projects.To this end the authors investigated the small town of Pagani in southern Italy,which has many ancient cultural traditions linked to specific locations and their rituals such as the festival of Our Lady of the Hens.Our contribution favours a qualitative approach in examining the data gathered and a participative methodology.The statistical analysis of the vocabulary distribution within 83 texts concerning town and its traditions,written by local citizens(52%male and 48%female)of different ages(range:18-78)revealed a strong place identity.Narrative interviews(14)with key people were then analysed by means of grounded theory.In the perspective of conservation psychology the authors finally focussed on how feelings of impotence and social distrust influence relations between citizens and their local environment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41501147,41661034,41671130)The Scientific Platform and Innovation Capability Construction Program of GDAS(Grant No.2016GDASPT-0210)+1 种基金GDAS'Special Project of Science and Technology Development under Grant(Grant No.2017GDAs CX-080)the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.2017A030310475)
文摘This study aimed at gaining an understanding of the formation of residents' Environmental Conservation Behaviour(ECB) to promote sustainable tourism development in Chinese mountain areas. In particular, a theoretical framework was constructed by merging residents' mountain attachment and their environmental values,and awareness of environmental consequences based on the Cognition Behaviour Theory. This research sampled 642 residents with convenience sampling method in Jiuzhaigou and Mount Qingcheng, and structural equation modelling analysis was conducted to identify the relationships among the above variables. Results verified that mountain attachment affected people's awareness of environmental consequences, which then affected their ECB.Environmental values and mountain attachment directly and positively influenced ECB. Moreover,awareness of environmental consequences played the most prominent role in predicting ECB among all the predictors in this study. In all, this study derived several significant implications which can not only contribute to environmental management policies in tourism field but also help to improve the levels of the antecedents of residents' ECB and promote sustainable tourism development in Chinese mountain areas.
