{"title":"Understanding the communication network of farmers to ensure the sustainable use of pesticides","authors":"Logesh Mohankumar, Muthuprasad Thiyaharajan, Kavi Sidharthan Venkidusamy","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00861-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00861-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135895992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-30DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00864-3
Oluwafemi Michael Odunsi, Peter Olabiyi Olawuni, Oluwole Philip Daramola, Omotayo Ben Olugbamila, Bashir Olufemi Odufuwa, Margaret Yejide Onanuga, Umar Obafemi Salisu, Simeon Oluwagbenga Fasina, Surajudeen Oluseyi Momodu
{"title":"Households’ resilience to flood disaster in Lagos State, Nigeria: developing a conceptual framework unifying disaster resilience components and dimensions","authors":"Oluwafemi Michael Odunsi, Peter Olabiyi Olawuni, Oluwole Philip Daramola, Omotayo Ben Olugbamila, Bashir Olufemi Odufuwa, Margaret Yejide Onanuga, Umar Obafemi Salisu, Simeon Oluwagbenga Fasina, Surajudeen Oluseyi Momodu","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00864-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00864-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136278921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00862-5
Richard Smardon
{"title":"Thomas Dietz. Decisions for sustainability: facts and values","authors":"Richard Smardon","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00862-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00862-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135345073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00863-4
Christopher Mulwanda, Vincent R. Nyirenda, Ngawo Namukonde
{"title":"Traditional ecological knowledge, perceptions and practices on insect pollinator conservation: A case of the smallholder farmers in Murundu ward of Mufulira mining district of Zambia","authors":"Christopher Mulwanda, Vincent R. Nyirenda, Ngawo Namukonde","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00863-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00863-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135386322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00860-7
Etienne Quillet, Steve Plante, Louis-Etienne Pigeon
{"title":"Systematic literature review of social-ecological changes in fisheries systems","authors":"Etienne Quillet, Steve Plante, Louis-Etienne Pigeon","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00860-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00860-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135343193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00859-0
T. J. Arciszewski, D. R. Roberts, A. Mahaffey, R. R. O. Hazewinkel
Abstract The terms “research” and “monitoring” are commonly used interchangeably to describe the data-gathering, information-generating, and knowledge-translating activities in environmental science and management. While research and monitoring share many attributes, such as the tools used, they may also differ in important ways, including the audience and their stability. In any environmental program, any potential differences between research and monitoring may be inconsequential, but distinguishing between these two activities, especially when both words are used casually, may be necessary to ensure the alignment between the tools and approaches and the expectations and goals of the program. Additionally, the importance of distinguishing between research and monitoring becomes greater when many participants from varying backgrounds with differing expectations are involved in the design, execution, and governance of the program. In this essay, we highlight differences between environmental research and monitoring, provide potential criteria to define them, and discuss how their activities interact and overlap. In our view, environmental monitoring programs are typically standardized and designed to address stakeholder concerns, to ensure activities comply with regulatory statutes or other known objectives. In contrast, environmental research may be esoteric, driven by a specific line of inquiry, and may lack a defined endpoint. Although potential difficulties with categorizing some programs or portions of combined programs will likely always remain, explicitly identifying the attributes of a program is necessary to achieve its objectives.
{"title":"Distinguishing between research and monitoring programs in environmental science and management","authors":"T. J. Arciszewski, D. R. Roberts, A. Mahaffey, R. R. O. Hazewinkel","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00859-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00859-0","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The terms “research” and “monitoring” are commonly used interchangeably to describe the data-gathering, information-generating, and knowledge-translating activities in environmental science and management. While research and monitoring share many attributes, such as the tools used, they may also differ in important ways, including the audience and their stability. In any environmental program, any potential differences between research and monitoring may be inconsequential, but distinguishing between these two activities, especially when both words are used casually, may be necessary to ensure the alignment between the tools and approaches and the expectations and goals of the program. Additionally, the importance of distinguishing between research and monitoring becomes greater when many participants from varying backgrounds with differing expectations are involved in the design, execution, and governance of the program. In this essay, we highlight differences between environmental research and monitoring, provide potential criteria to define them, and discuss how their activities interact and overlap. In our view, environmental monitoring programs are typically standardized and designed to address stakeholder concerns, to ensure activities comply with regulatory statutes or other known objectives. In contrast, environmental research may be esoteric, driven by a specific line of inquiry, and may lack a defined endpoint. Although potential difficulties with categorizing some programs or portions of combined programs will likely always remain, explicitly identifying the attributes of a program is necessary to achieve its objectives.","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134886045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-25DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00857-2
Richard Smardon
{"title":"Deborah Mutnick, Margaret Cuonzo, Carol Griffith, Timothy Leslie, and Jay M. Shuttleworth. The city as ecosystem: sustainable education, policy, and practice","authors":"Richard Smardon","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00857-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00857-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135817033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00829-6
Bindu Panikkar, Julia Selle, Ingrid L. Nelson, Marianne Engelman-Lado, Susannah McCandless, Shaina Kasper, Jennifer Byrne, Walter Keady, Qing Ren, Kelly Hamshaw
Abstract Until 2022, Vermont was one of the few US states that did not have an Environmental Justice (EJ) policy. In 2016, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) initiated a process to create an EJ policy based on an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A coalition of academics, non-profit organization leaders, legal experts, and community-based partners formed in response to the DEC’s initial approach because it lacked a robust process to center the voices of the most vulnerable Vermonters. The coalition developed a mixed-method, community-based approach to ask, “What does EJ look like in Vermont?” This article reports the door-to-door survey portion of that broader research effort. The survey of 569 Vermont residents purposively sampled sites of likely environmental harm and health concerns and sites with existing relationships with activists and community organizations engaged in ongoing EJ struggles. The survey results use logistic regression to show that non-white respondents in the sites sampled were significantly more likely to be renters, to report exposures to mold, to have trouble paying for food and electricity, to lack access to public transportation, were less likely to own a vehicle, to have a primary care doctor, and reported higher rates of Lyme disease than white respondents. Our findings contribute to EJ theory regarding the co-productive relationship between environmental privilege and environmental harms within the context of persistent characterizations of Vermont as an environmental leader with abundant environmental benefits.
{"title":"What does environmental justice look like in Vermont? Centering perspectives from the margins","authors":"Bindu Panikkar, Julia Selle, Ingrid L. Nelson, Marianne Engelman-Lado, Susannah McCandless, Shaina Kasper, Jennifer Byrne, Walter Keady, Qing Ren, Kelly Hamshaw","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00829-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00829-6","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Until 2022, Vermont was one of the few US states that did not have an Environmental Justice (EJ) policy. In 2016, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) initiated a process to create an EJ policy based on an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A coalition of academics, non-profit organization leaders, legal experts, and community-based partners formed in response to the DEC’s initial approach because it lacked a robust process to center the voices of the most vulnerable Vermonters. The coalition developed a mixed-method, community-based approach to ask, “What does EJ look like in Vermont?” This article reports the door-to-door survey portion of that broader research effort. The survey of 569 Vermont residents purposively sampled sites of likely environmental harm and health concerns and sites with existing relationships with activists and community organizations engaged in ongoing EJ struggles. The survey results use logistic regression to show that non-white respondents in the sites sampled were significantly more likely to be renters, to report exposures to mold, to have trouble paying for food and electricity, to lack access to public transportation, were less likely to own a vehicle, to have a primary care doctor, and reported higher rates of Lyme disease than white respondents. Our findings contribute to EJ theory regarding the co-productive relationship between environmental privilege and environmental harms within the context of persistent characterizations of Vermont as an environmental leader with abundant environmental benefits.","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135061014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00858-1
Hidenori Nakamura, Mikko Rask, Matti Kojo
{"title":"An open dialogue culture and transformative policy process for sustainability: exploratory case study of Finland","authors":"Hidenori Nakamura, Mikko Rask, Matti Kojo","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00858-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00858-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135490434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-11DOI: 10.1007/s13412-023-00854-5
Maíra Finizola e Silva, Sophie Van Schoubroeck, Jan Cools, Danstone Ochieng Aboge, Matilda Ouma, Calleb Olweny, Steven Van Passel
{"title":"Local actors’ perspectives on sustainable food value chains: evidence from a Q-methodology study in Kenya","authors":"Maíra Finizola e Silva, Sophie Van Schoubroeck, Jan Cools, Danstone Ochieng Aboge, Matilda Ouma, Calleb Olweny, Steven Van Passel","doi":"10.1007/s13412-023-00854-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00854-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44550,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135981241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}