The Influence of an Extreme Warm Spell on Public Support for Government Involvement in Climate Change Adaptation

(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted)An emerging literature discusses the effects of short-term temperature fluctuations on public opinion toward climate change. Yet, prior literature has not explored potential opinion-influencing effects of temporal patterns of temperature fluctuations o...

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Published in:Annals of the American Association of Geographers 2018-05, Vol.108 (3), p.718-738
Main Authors: Lee, Gi-Eu, Loveridge, Scott, Winkler, Julie A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities
Adaptation
Agricultural industry
Anomalies
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Direction
Fluctuations
Government
Interdependence
Malformations
Policies
Polls & surveys
Public opinion
Responses
Short term
Surveying
Temperature anomalies
Temperature effects
Temporal patterns
Welfare benefits
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Summary:(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted)An emerging literature discusses the effects of short-term temperature fluctuations on public opinion toward climate change. Yet, prior literature has not explored potential opinion-influencing effects of temporal patterns of temperature fluctuations or the interdependence between temperature anomalies and the direction and magnitude of short-term trends. This study uses an extreme warm spell that occurred during a survey of Michigan residents to evaluate the influence of complex temperature effects on public support for government involvement in the agricultural sector's adaptation to climate change. Comparison of several alternatives for capturing the influence of temperature fluctuations on survey responses (some drawn from the literature, some newly constructed) shows a temporary increase in support for government assistance for adaptation after the onset of a warm spell, but a longer exposure to extreme temperatures does not necessarily lead to more support for adaptation policies. Conditional on other attributes of temperature abnormalities (e.g., direction of trend), abnormal heat might even lead to reduced support for adaptation policies.
ISSN:2469-4452
2469-4460
DOI:10.1080/24694452.2017.1375888