Monitored Versus Experience-Based Perceptions of Environmental Change: Evidence From Coastal Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorArmah, Frederick A.
dc.contributor.authorGenesis, Yengoh
dc.contributor.authorLuginaah, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorChuenpagdee, Ratana
dc.contributor.authorHambati, Herbert
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Gwyn
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-08T12:01:46Z
dc.date.available2016-07-08T12:01:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1943815X.2015.1017505en_US
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of climate change are likely to exacerbate many problems that coastal areas already face. In this study, we used multinomial logistic regression to examine human perception of climate change based on a cross-sectional survey of 1253 individuals in coastal regions of Tanzania. This was complemented with time series analysis of 50-year meteorological data. The results indicate that self-rated ability to handle work pressure, self-rated ability to handle personal pressure and unexpected difficulties, age, region and educational status were significant predictors of perceived temperature change unlike ethnicity and gender. A disproportionately large percentage of respondents of all ages indicated that temperature was getting hotter between the past 10 and 30 years. This observation was supported by the time series analysis. Although respondents also alluded to changes in rainfall patterns in the past 10–30 years, time series analysis of rainfall revealed a different scenario except for Mtwara region of Tanzania. Because there is agreement between respondents' perceptions of temperature and available scientific climatic evidence over the 50-year period, this study argues that when meteorological records are incomplete or unavailable, local perceptions of climatic changes can be used to complement scientific climatic evidence. Based on the spatial differentials in climate change perception observed in this study, there is opportunity for a more locally oriented adaptation dimension to climate policy integration, which has hitherto been underserved by both academics and policymakers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArmah, F.A., Yengoh, G.T., Luginaah, I., Chuenpagdee, R., Hambati, H. and Campbell, G., 2015. Monitored versus experience-based perceptions of environmental change: evidence from coastal Tanzania. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 12(2), pp.119-152.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1943815X.2015.1017505
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2880
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectTime seriesen_US
dc.subjectMultinomial regressionen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.subjectTemperatureen_US
dc.subjectRainfallen_US
dc.titleMonitored Versus Experience-Based Perceptions of Environmental Change: Evidence From Coastal Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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