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Public Perceptions of Natural Character in New Zealand: Wild Nature Versus Cultured Nature
Author(s) -
NEWTON BRONWYN M.,
FAIRWEATHER JOHN R.,
SWAFFIELD SIMON R.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2002.tb01632.x
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , natural (archaeology) , ranking (information retrieval) , perception , preference , geography , order (exchange) , empirical research , sociology , environmental ethics , environmental resource management , epistemology , archaeology , computer science , philosophy , economics , artificial intelligence , geometry , mathematics , finance , microeconomics
Results of empirical research undertaken in New Zealand to determine public perceptions of natural character in the biophysical environment are presented and related to recent theoretical literature. The research comprised two distinct case studies using Q method and photographs, in which participants evaluated natural character in terms of their own landscape experiences by ranking the photographs in order of preference. The results confirm prevailing responses to nature recently specified in North American literature, and have some policy implications for environmental management in New Zealand.