Concern with the rural environment: urban views on the use of agricultural pesticides and chemicals

Steve Jacob; A. E. Luloff

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Concern with the rural environment: urban views on the use of agricultural pesticides and chemicals

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Steve Jacob, A. E. Luloff

Year:

1995

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Vander Stoep, Gail A., ed. Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1994 April 10-12; Saratoga Springs, NY.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-198. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 199-203

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Abstract

This paper explores the dimensions of agricultural chemical and pesticide concern, and its correlates. Concern was found to be broad, and not limited to food safety, environmentalism, or altruism. Social bases were found to be the best predictors of concern, followed by rural beliefs and attitudes, and rural visitation behavior.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Jacob, Steve; Luloff, A. E. 1995. Concern with the rural environment: urban views on the use of agricultural pesticides and chemicals. In: Vander Stoep, Gail A., ed. Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1994 April 10-12; Saratoga Springs, NY.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-198. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 199-203