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Hofflinger, Alvaro Q.

Boso, Alex#Oltra, Christian#Alvarez, Boris#Garrido, Jaime

Public support for wood smoke mitigation policies in south-central Chile

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AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH

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This study analyzes the role of the affect heuristic, risk perceptions, and air quality and sociodemographic factors in the support for policies to control urban air pollution. The sample includes 489 participants residing in Temuco and Padre Las Casas, suburban areas located in southern Chile, affected by the smoke that wood-burning stoves and cookers produce. In line with previous studies, the results show that the rejection of pollution mitigation policies is associated with a positive affect to heat homes with wood. Awareness and risk perception also seem to be relevant factors, but the effect of the latter on the support for policies ceases to be significant when it is controlled by key sociodemographic variables such as household income. The study findings contribute to the theories of processing information about risk, when suggesting that emotions and awareness play an important role in the support for policies to control air pollution and that, also, structural factors like household income cannot be avoided. Finally, the implications for urban energy transition processes are discussed.

Artículo original

10.1007/s11869-018-0612-2

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Air pollution# Risk perception# Affect heuristic# Air quality

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11869-018-0612-2

Environmental Sciences

Contaminación del aire# Percepción de riesgo# Heurística del afecto# Calidad del aire

Ciencias Ambientales (Aspectos Sociales)

Urbanismo

Otras Especialidades de la Psicología

WOS:000447709300009

Public support for wood smoke mitigation policies in south-central Chile

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AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH

Ciencias Ambientales

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