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Kantenbacher, Joseph, Hanna, P, Cohen, Scott, Miller, Graham and Scarles, Caroline (2017) Public attitudes about climate policy options for aviation Environmental Science & Policy, 81. pp. 46-53.
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Abstract
The current trend of increasing demand for air travel runs contrary to climate-related sustainability goals. The absence of behavioural and near-term technological solutions to aviation’s environmental impacts underscores the importance of policy levers as a means of curbing carbon emissions. Where past work has used qualitative methods to sketch public opinion of environmental aviation policies, this work uses data drawn from a survey of 2066 British adults to make a quantitative assessment of the acceptability of a broad range of aviation climate policy options. The findings indicate that there is significant support across demographic groups for a large number of policies, particularly those that place financial or regulatory burdens on industry rather than on individuals directly. Support for aviation policies strengthens with pro-environmental attitudes and is weaker among people who are aeromobile. Though self-interested considerations appeared to dominate policy option preferences, concern for fairness may also shape policy acceptability. Overall, this paper provides to policymakers a quantitative evidence base of what types of policies for addressing aviation climate emissions are most publically palatable.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Divisions : | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > School of Hospitality and Tourism Management | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date : | 20 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DOI : | 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.12.012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Copyright Disclaimer : | © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords : | aviation, emissions, policy support, public attitudes, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depositing User : | Melanie Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date Deposited : | 20 Dec 2017 11:22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified : | 20 Dec 2018 02:08 | ||||||||||||||||||
| URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/845478 |
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