Dueling Land Ethics: Uncovering Agricultural Stakeholder Mental Models to Better Understand Recent Land Use Conversion
Dueling Land Ethics: Uncovering Agricultural Stakeholder Mental Models to Better Understand Recent Land Use Conversion
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土地伦理决斗：揭示农业利益相关者的心理模型，以更好地理解最近的土地利用转变
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2014
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R. Gates
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Benjamin L Turner;M. Wuellner;T. Nichols;R. Gates
本文的目的是研究农业利益相关者的替代性土地伦理如何有助于解释最近的土地利用变化。本文首先探讨了美国土地伦理观念的历史发展，以及这些伦理观念如何影响土地使用政策和私有土地的使用。其次，从对农民、牧场主和有影响力的利益相关者的半结构化访谈中收集的原始数据，然后使用利益相关者分析方法进行分析，以确定土地利用决策中考虑的主要因素，每个群体的因素优先级，并定义描述每个群体对土地伦理概念的相关心理模型。结果表明，这些利益相关者群体对土地利用要素的优先排序在质量上存在差异，并且具有显著不同的土地伦理。结论是，利益相关者土地伦理的转变促成了最近土地利用的变化。最后，我们讨论了当前的农业政策如何发出关于首选土地使用的混合信号，以及基于我们所描述的不同土地伦理的潜在后果。
The aim of this paper is to investigate how alternative land ethics of agricultural stakeholders may help explain recent land use changes. The paper first explores the historical development of the land ethic concept in the United States and how those ethics have impacted land use policy and use of private lands. Secondly, primary data gathered from semi-structured interviews of farmers, ranchers, and influential stakeholders are then analyzed using stakeholder analysis methods to identify major factors considered in land use decisions, priorities of factors of each group, and to define relevant mental models describing each group’s view of the land ethic concept. Results show that these stakeholder groups prioritize land use factors qualitatively differently and possess strikingly different land ethics. It is concluded that shifts in stakeholder land ethics have contributed to recent land use changes. Lastly, we discuss how current agricultural policy sends mixed signals about preferred land use and the potential ramifications based on the different land ethics we’ve described.