SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AIR POLLUTION AND WOODEN STOVES AT DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS IN THE CITY OF TEMUCO, CHILE

Primer Autor
Boso Gaspar, Alex
Co-autores
Alvarez Escobar, Boris
Título
SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AIR POLLUTION AND WOODEN STOVES AT DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS IN THE CITY OF TEMUCO, CHILE
Editorial
CENTRO CIENCIAS ATMOSFERA UNAM
Revista
REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE CONTAMINACION AMBIENTAL
Lenguaje
es
Resumen
Air pollution is an urgent problem at national level, as it seriously affects the health of millions of people. Temuco is the third most polluted city in Chile, with the residential use of wood stoves as the main source of atmospheric pollution in this area. Despite the efforts to reverse this situation, the emissions reduction has not decreased as expected. A possible explanation for this phenomenon might be the stakeholders' perceptions about the use of woodstoves and about contamination issues in Temuco. This study aims to describe the social representations of air pollution and woodstoves from the perspective of their users whom reside in Temuco. A transectional descriptive design was employed according to the natural semantic network technique. The results show that participants associate air pollution with smoke, diseases and smog. On the other hand, woodstoves are associated with heat, central heating and pollution. The results reflect a growing awareness of the link between pollution, disease and woodstoves. In addition, woodstoves show in their attributes a multifunctional character beyond heating, cooking and drying of clothes. The economic sectors show different visions about woodstoves and their relationship with air pollution.
Tipo de Recurso
Artículo original
doi
10.20937/RICA.2018.34.03.14
Formato Recurso
pdf
Palabras Claves
natural semantic networks# consciousness# environmental behavior
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.20937/RICA.2018.34.03.14
Categoría OCDE
Environmental Sciences
Materias
redes semánticas naturales# conciencia# comportamiento ambiental
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Ciencias Ambientales (Aspectos Sociales)
Salud Pública y Ambiental
Ciencias del Medio Ambiente
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000440360900014
Título de la cita (Recomendado-único)
SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AIR POLLUTION AND WOODEN STOVES AT DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS IN THE CITY OF TEMUCO, CHILE
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Artículo original
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version publicada
Editorial
CENTRO CIENCIAS ATMOSFERA UNAM
Revista/Libro
REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE CONTAMINACION AMBIENTAL
Categoría WOS
Ciencias Ambientales
ISSN
0188-4999
Idioma
es
Formato
pdf
Tipo de ruta
diamante
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
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189
Página final (Recomendado-único)
197
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