Awareness of climate change: differences among Russian regions

In the Russian Federation with vulnerable permafrost areas and large forested areas as elsewhere, climate change affects the lives of citizens. Action depends on levels of awareness, a latent variable, calculated by means of a multiple-indicator-multiple-causes (MIMIC) model and indicators derived f...

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Published in:Area Development and Policy
Main Authors: Lösch, S., Okhrin, O., Wiesmeth, H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2019
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Online Access:http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/101714
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070838233&doi=10.1080%2f23792949.2018.1514982&partnerID=40&md5=eb611a2d840e72af55c5c15f39bff4c1
https://tud.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A73320/attachment/ATT-0/
https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2018.1514982
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Summary:In the Russian Federation with vulnerable permafrost areas and large forested areas as elsewhere, climate change affects the lives of citizens. Action depends on levels of awareness, a latent variable, calculated by means of a multiple-indicator-multiple-causes (MIMIC) model and indicators derived from regional search entries in Yandex®. The results show that climate change awareness increases with gross regional product per capita, decreases from east to west, and declines and varies seasonally with increasing average temperature. The United Nations Climate Change Conference affected awareness positively, but the devaluation of the Russian rouble in 2014–15 had no measurable impact. © 2018, © 2018 Regional Studies Association.