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Hirsch, Rachel A.

Pesticide policy preference and risk perception in Canada: A case comparison in the neighbourhood context.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Pesticide policy preference and risk perception in Canada: A case comparison in the neighbourhood context.
Author:	Hirsch, Rachel A.
Description:	239 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-07A.
Subject:	Geography.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR73468
ISBN:	9780494734681

Pesticide policy preference and risk perception in Canada: A case comparison in the neighbourhood context.
Hirsch, Rachel A.

Pesticide policy preference and risk perception in Canada: A case comparison in the neighbourhood context. - 239 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Western Ontario (Canada), 2010.

The main objective of this study is to explore through three integrated-manuscripts why some people support a municipal pesticide bylaw and others do not. By comparing different policy climates, this research determines the relative support for mandatory as opposed to voluntary pesticide control approaches, considers the role social values play in defining a person's risk tolerance above and beyond health risk perceptions, and explores how antagonistic relationships with neighbours are influenced by a person's residential pesticide use.

ISBN: 9780494734681Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Geography.

Pesticide policy preference and risk perception in Canada: A case comparison in the neighbourhood context.
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520 $a The main objective of this study is to explore through three integrated-manuscripts why some people support a municipal pesticide bylaw and others do not. By comparing different policy climates, this research determines the relative support for mandatory as opposed to voluntary pesticide control approaches, considers the role social values play in defining a person's risk tolerance above and beyond health risk perceptions, and explores how antagonistic relationships with neighbours are influenced by a person's residential pesticide use.
520 $a Calgary, Halifax, and London were selected as comparative case study sites because each has implemented different pesticide reduction policies. Halifax has adopted a mandatory approach by instituting a pesticide ban. Calgary has taken a voluntary approach based on integrated pest management and public education. London was in transition and shortly after the study period adopted a pesticide ban. Multiple methods provide generalizeable (questionnaires) and more in-depth (interviews) information.
520 $a Manuscript 1: Quantitative findings based on questionnaire surveys of Calgary and Halifax residents analyzed using multiple binary logistic regression models support the overall hypothesis that both social (i.e., aesthetics and norms) and perceived health risk factors play important roles as determinants of pesticide policy preferences.
520 $a Manuscript 2: Findings from manuscript one were further tested quantitatively by the addition of another case site (London) and by adding questions on the cultural theory of risk. Again, multiple binary logistic regression models reveal that social context and health risk perceptions are both important factors in explaining residents' pesticide policy preferences.
520 $a Manuscript 3: Qualitative findings based on in-depth interviews with Calgary and Halifax residents reveal clearly established pro- and anti- pesticide bylaw narratives in each city including a larger 'alternatives to pesticides' meta-narrative rooted in the desire to avoid conflict with neighbours by maintaining yards.
520 $a Overall, this research adds knowledge regarding how social context plays into risk perceptions and restriction preferences at the neighbourhood and individual levels. On a policy level, this information should help policy makers, community activists and even landscape companies better appreciate how people make trade-offs between their own health, the health of the neighbourhood, and the look of the lawn with respect to pesticide attitudes and use.
520 $a KEYWORDS: pesticides, risk perception, policy, aesthetics, neighbours, social determinants of health, cultural theory of risk
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